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Remembering our heroes 6/6/44-6/6/15
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I'm glad your dad, Uncle and cousins made it back my brother but I'm truly sad that they had to witness such ungodly horror. May we never forget all those men's sacrifice.
Lest We Forget..
Lest We Forget..
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This truly was a day that changed history, and hopefully we shall never forget the sacrifices made that day.
I have two family members that jumped with 82nd on D-day. One made it back, but the drowned in one of the fields that the Germans flooded. They are the reason I want to go to airborne school
I have two family members that jumped with 82nd on D-day. One made it back, but the drowned in one of the fields that the Germans flooded. They are the reason I want to go to airborne school
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Friend of mine sent an email about D-Day.
Makes you appreciate the "greatest generation".
My uncle wasn't involved with D-Day but the germans got him during the Battle of the Bulge. He was quite a guy. I still miss him.
Today, June 6, 2015 marks the 71st anniversary of the beginning of Operation Overlord, better known through history as D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.
The largest amphibious assault ever conceived and executed, D-Day set records in terms of planning and training for such a massive assault and the number of troops, materiel and supplies moved across the English Channel overnight by the then-largest armada of ships and aircraft.
Logistically the scope of such an operation had never been seen before.
5,333 ships including 600 warships and all manner of landing craft
11,000 bombers, fighters, fighter bombers, and gliders
175,000 Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines U.S., British, and Canadian, primarily
50,000 vehicles tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, bulldozers, and more
Millions of gallons of oil and diesel fuel
Countless tons of ammunition and equipment
This operation was do-or-die for the Allies. They had to go big or go home, to take the pressure off of the Soviet armies in the east and divide Hitlers forces and resources. Given the level of men and resources committed there would be no second chance. To that end, planners assigned General Omar Bradleys U.S. 1st Army to take the Utah and Omaha beaches on the western part of the invasion area. General J. Lawton Collins led the U.S. VII Corps with the 4th Infantry (Barton), 101st Airborne (Taylor), and 82nd Airborne (Ridgeway) in the assault on Utah.
Seventy one years after D-Day, no one really knows how many of the more than 175,000 Normandy invaders died that day and no one will ever know for sure. Too many of the invaders went missing, and too many other priorities on the chaotic French beaches that day crowded out the task of recording casualties.
Meanwhile, the U.S. V Corps with the 1st Infantry (Huebner) and 29th Infantry (Gerhardt) commanded by General Leonard T. Gerow landed at Omaha, the most heavily contested of the five beaches. Some would argue that superior training and planning carried the day. After all, this is what the likes of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley learned at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth how to wage war. Certainly their shared knowledge and experience against the Nazis in North Africa and Italy played a significant role in Overlords success.
Many others suggest that the reason Overlord ultimately succeeded was the courage of the ordinary Infantrymen who stormed the beaches and of the Paratroopers who landed in the dark behind the German lines. Many of these Soldiers were but a few years out of high school, and their only military experience involved the training they received in the south of England. They largely kept their wits about them under intense fire, rallied their men, tended to their wounded, and pressed forward.
If you are reading this, chances are youve seen the first half hour of Saving Private Ryan. Cinematically, no film more accurately or graphically captures the chaos of the landings. Approximately 2,500 of the 60,000 U.S. Infantrymen and 2,500 paratroopers were injured, killed, captured, or missing in action in the first 24 hours of Overlord. Of that total nearly half perished on the French coast.
Regardless of the dangers and almost certain death Infantrymen faced on the beaches of Normandy, their resolve to defeat Hitler seems to have been a great motivating factor. In letters written by those who participated in the landing, toppling the Nazi evil appeared over and over as a consistent theme. They felt in their hearts that their cause was just.
From this emerged the bravery required to face an enemy of unknown strength, to weather the seasickness, the barbed wire, the breastworks and pillboxes, the minefields, and the bullets and shells landing in and around their formations. Its important to remember that many of these Infantrymen were untested in battle yet they performed like the ultimate veterans that they would become.
For those that survived D-Day, their bravery in the face of in many cases almost certain death carried them and their units up the bluffs and away from the bloodied beaches in pursuit of German forces across the French countryside. In the 71 years since D-Day much has changed in how our military conducts large-scale operations. One thing has remained unchanged the ordinary American Soldier, the GI. Even today, Soldiers, as on those beaches so many years ago, make all the difference to the outcome, regardless of the weapons and technology they use.
This D-Day Anniversary, we salute the families of the Infantrymen and of the Sailors, Marines, and Airmen who contributed to and in many cases gave their lives to execute one of the most important events of the last century. Their unselfish actions brought an end to the tyranny of Hitler and the Nazis.
Hope we never travel this road again . . .
Makes you appreciate the "greatest generation".
My uncle wasn't involved with D-Day but the germans got him during the Battle of the Bulge. He was quite a guy. I still miss him.
Today, June 6, 2015 marks the 71st anniversary of the beginning of Operation Overlord, better known through history as D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.
The largest amphibious assault ever conceived and executed, D-Day set records in terms of planning and training for such a massive assault and the number of troops, materiel and supplies moved across the English Channel overnight by the then-largest armada of ships and aircraft.
Logistically the scope of such an operation had never been seen before.
5,333 ships including 600 warships and all manner of landing craft
11,000 bombers, fighters, fighter bombers, and gliders
175,000 Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines U.S., British, and Canadian, primarily
50,000 vehicles tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, bulldozers, and more
Millions of gallons of oil and diesel fuel
Countless tons of ammunition and equipment
This operation was do-or-die for the Allies. They had to go big or go home, to take the pressure off of the Soviet armies in the east and divide Hitlers forces and resources. Given the level of men and resources committed there would be no second chance. To that end, planners assigned General Omar Bradleys U.S. 1st Army to take the Utah and Omaha beaches on the western part of the invasion area. General J. Lawton Collins led the U.S. VII Corps with the 4th Infantry (Barton), 101st Airborne (Taylor), and 82nd Airborne (Ridgeway) in the assault on Utah.
Seventy one years after D-Day, no one really knows how many of the more than 175,000 Normandy invaders died that day and no one will ever know for sure. Too many of the invaders went missing, and too many other priorities on the chaotic French beaches that day crowded out the task of recording casualties.
Meanwhile, the U.S. V Corps with the 1st Infantry (Huebner) and 29th Infantry (Gerhardt) commanded by General Leonard T. Gerow landed at Omaha, the most heavily contested of the five beaches. Some would argue that superior training and planning carried the day. After all, this is what the likes of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley learned at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth how to wage war. Certainly their shared knowledge and experience against the Nazis in North Africa and Italy played a significant role in Overlords success.
Many others suggest that the reason Overlord ultimately succeeded was the courage of the ordinary Infantrymen who stormed the beaches and of the Paratroopers who landed in the dark behind the German lines. Many of these Soldiers were but a few years out of high school, and their only military experience involved the training they received in the south of England. They largely kept their wits about them under intense fire, rallied their men, tended to their wounded, and pressed forward.
If you are reading this, chances are youve seen the first half hour of Saving Private Ryan. Cinematically, no film more accurately or graphically captures the chaos of the landings. Approximately 2,500 of the 60,000 U.S. Infantrymen and 2,500 paratroopers were injured, killed, captured, or missing in action in the first 24 hours of Overlord. Of that total nearly half perished on the French coast.
Regardless of the dangers and almost certain death Infantrymen faced on the beaches of Normandy, their resolve to defeat Hitler seems to have been a great motivating factor. In letters written by those who participated in the landing, toppling the Nazi evil appeared over and over as a consistent theme. They felt in their hearts that their cause was just.
From this emerged the bravery required to face an enemy of unknown strength, to weather the seasickness, the barbed wire, the breastworks and pillboxes, the minefields, and the bullets and shells landing in and around their formations. Its important to remember that many of these Infantrymen were untested in battle yet they performed like the ultimate veterans that they would become.
For those that survived D-Day, their bravery in the face of in many cases almost certain death carried them and their units up the bluffs and away from the bloodied beaches in pursuit of German forces across the French countryside. In the 71 years since D-Day much has changed in how our military conducts large-scale operations. One thing has remained unchanged the ordinary American Soldier, the GI. Even today, Soldiers, as on those beaches so many years ago, make all the difference to the outcome, regardless of the weapons and technology they use.
This D-Day Anniversary, we salute the families of the Infantrymen and of the Sailors, Marines, and Airmen who contributed to and in many cases gave their lives to execute one of the most important events of the last century. Their unselfish actions brought an end to the tyranny of Hitler and the Nazis.
Hope we never travel this road again . . .
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From the D-Day memorial in Bedford VA.
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^^^ Absoultly is. I got chills looking at it.
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You men & women know who you are, and to you. I Thank You.
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You men & women know who you are, and to you. I Thank You.
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Thanks, Hawkhead, for these timely reminders.
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Amen gentlemen.
My father was part of the "Greatest Generation" in the Pacific theater.
May we NEVER forget the sacrifices of those securing our liberty.
In a while all the man and women involved will be gone.
Leaving some to rewrite history.
Let us be forever vigilant to remember their sacrifices.
My father was part of the "Greatest Generation" in the Pacific theater.
May we NEVER forget the sacrifices of those securing our liberty.
In a while all the man and women involved will be gone.
Leaving some to rewrite history.
Let us be forever vigilant to remember their sacrifices.
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Yeah, the whole place is amazing, but all the sculptures and statues were great, if sad, to see. If there's any chance any of y'all could go to it, you really should, it's worth it.
Some more pics from it.
If you look under the sculpture in the one below you can see a WWII vet standing there.
This is a WWI statue that got hit by a bomb in WWII and was sent as a gift from France to the US.
The bombed face.
The plaque on the bottom of the statue.
And the writing on the statue.
More pics.
