6th of June 1944 Normandy

[Hondo]

Remember D Day!

http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikedday.html

 

[imported_the_librarian]

Hooah! I'll second..............

Here's some links:


Eisenhower's speech to the soldiers

D-Day Mysteries (National Geographic)


Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Notes from Normandy (PDF)

 

[Twitch]

Yowza!

 

[MrBern]

Members of an American landing party lend helping hands to other members of their organization whose landing craft was sunk by enemy action off the coast of France. These survivors reached Omaha Beach by using a life raft. Photographer: Weintraub, 6 June 1944.

 

[MrBern]

before Overlord

Great Britain: preparing for loading on the ships unloading in Normandy, at the beginning of June 1944 - Operation Overlord: American troops having loaded their equipment in LCT awaiting the signal to leave for the continent

 

[MrBern]

airborne: Operation Neptune

American paratrooper, among the first to make successful landings on the continent, holds a Nazi flag captured in a village assault. Utah Beach, St. Marcouf, France. 8 June 1944

 

[rmrdaddy]

Fantastic pics! Thank you!

I'd like to ask everyone who reads this to stop and take one entire minute to honor all those who took part in D-Day. Without that momentous event, and the dedication of all who took part, WWII may not have come to the end that it did with the Allies victorious.

 

[MrBern]

UK D-day codeword story

Two veterans meet 64 years after their Dday radio communication.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/06/5790151-sun.html

 

[Diamondback]

"All gave some, and some gave all."

 

[DutchIndo]

I always remember June 5th being an AB buff. In the photo of the Paratroopers the man 3rd from the left has a bullet hole through the top of his helmet. In his book Currahee Don mentions how Alvarez (?) got it. Don mentions how after a firefight Alvarez sat there rocking back and forth holding on to his helmet. He thought he was shot through the head. They had to pry the helmet off his head to discover no wound ! Lucky Duck.

 

[TraditionalFrog]

I will never forget D Day.

My grandfather went in to France, today... D Day +3. He is still alive and well, most of all he remembers.

A salute to all who served, and to those who gave their lives during this time!