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[GeorgeG.]

dang it, I can't see the pic

[Chas_svo]

Nothing but respect.

[motoman]

[pr1042]

My grandpa jumped as part of the 82nd (507) and they lost a huge amount of men right off the bat. He joined for a short period of time, went airborne for the extra pay, did his thing, and then went home and back to work. Different mindset back then

[pHILSANITY07]

Awesome thread, what's sad is many young people won't even know what today even means or what is D Day

[Scott Mc]

There is a good documentary on hulu about this day. They took 5 men back over there. I have so much respect for all the men that served during that horrible work. One of my grandfathers was a medic on D Day. The other suffered through and survived the Bataan Death March

[pHILSANITY07]

Might have to watch Saving Private Ryan tonight

[Strychnine]

Powerful stuff



“The invasion would be the largest military onslaught in human history. Operation Overlord, a massive amphibious military campaign had one objective: to gain a foothold. Beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Gold, and Juno would be the landing points for Allied forces, which would pour out men and matériel in the hope of breaking the Nazi stranglehold on Fortress Europe.

As troop-carrying boats steamed across the English Channel toward the beaches of Normandy, ordinary men by the thousands were summoning the courage for a direct assault—against the enemy and their own fears—in order to define true bravery. Who can blame them for splashing their breakfasts on their shoes?

The closer the landing crafts moved to the shore, the more the Nazi artillery blasted at them. This was it. When the ramps of the Higgins boats dropped, the young soldiers faced a wall of Nazi firepower so overwhelming that several boats couldn’t put a single man on the beach. Nazi machine gunners tucked away in concrete bunkers killed at will, yet wave after wave of American GIs continued to storm the shores. Chaos, terror, confusion, deafening noise, and death rained down on that cold June morning, but the Americans pressed forward. For every man present, Normandy was a battle of no retreat. They would not stop until they won the beaches.

After hours of some of the most intense fighting in modern warfare, the Allied forces had secured a foothold. Once a beachhead had been established, Allied logistics planners transformed those beaches into the largest wartime ports ever seen. Hundreds of ships began off-loading troops, bulldozers, Jeeps, tanks, food, medical supplies, communications equipment, guns, and ammunition around the clock. Tons of supplies flowed onto the shore and into the war against the occupying German armies in France.

Following the D-Day invasion, U.S. forces under Gen. Omar Bradley pushed forward under fierce opposition amidst the easily defendable hedgerow countryside until they captured the vital communications center of Saint-Lô, cutting off forces led by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Then Allied supreme commander Dwight D. Eisenhower threw George S. Patton’s Third Army at the Germans, and he broke through the enemy’s left flank. Patton was on his way to Paris, liberating France from four years of merciless occupation.

Many consider D-Day, June 6, 1944, to be the “longest day,” a day that will stand forever not only as a watershed in the war but also in human history “Those small footholds along the coast of France proved pivotal in securing freedom for millions as an entire continent was liberated from Nazi oppression.”

[Tyrone Biggums]

Fuckin' allergies.

[dsrtuckteezy]

what were the metal things on the beach?

[Broncojohnny]

what were the metal things on the beach?

Ipad charging stations you fucking clown

[dsrtuckteezy]

Ipad charging stations you fucking clown

what's an Ipad, chump?

[Broncojohnny]

what's an Ipad, chump?

You mad bro?

[69gto]

it is getting hard to find a calander that even marks the day anymore and that is total BS

[Strychnine]

Ipad charging stations you fucking clown

Excellent. My day is now brighter.