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BPTactical
06-06-2018, 08:01
Brave souls land on the beaches @ Normandy, changing the world.
thedave1164
06-06-2018, 08:47
SALUTE
TheGrey
06-06-2018, 08:50
Never forget!

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CS1983
06-06-2018, 09:11
Notice the regulation haircut, excessive PPE, and certificates of completing sexual harrassment awareness training -- because those things win wars.
https://i.imgur.com/fOPxwJ2.jpg
Ike: I assume giving a talk before the drop
https://i.imgur.com/UxNArtZ.jpg
Canadian Bicycle Cavalry (yes, it was a thing) landing
https://i.imgur.com/dh1Gtqt.jpg
Rangers in a landing craft
https://i.imgur.com/kpNIVRu.jpg
Modern day Point Du Hoc bombardment scars
https://i.imgur.com/daoCQZY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sufBi3I.jpg
modern day Omaha Beach
https://i.imgur.com/m4T6Phh.jpg
Facing the German defense line @ Omaha
https://i.imgur.com/WrIEjNg.jpg
Germans' view down to the beach.
https://i.imgur.com/CfXj6Cc.jpg
The cliffs at Point Du Hoc that the Rangers scaled
https://i.imgur.com/6vN32Qz.jpg
Squeeze
06-06-2018, 09:48
Wow...those pictures are humbling.
wctriumph
06-06-2018, 09:53
God bless them all. Getting a little blurred, gotta go.

Thanks.
StagLefty
06-06-2018, 10:57
Salute to America's finest in their time of duty !!! [Salute]
Mazin
06-06-2018, 11:28
God bless those brave souls!
[Salute]
hollohas
06-06-2018, 13:35
God bless those men.

A guy at my office asked a bunch of the youngsters if they knew what today was. Every one of them answered "hump day". Seriously. Not one of them knew. SMH.
roberth
06-06-2018, 13:50
God bless those men.

A guy at my office asked a bunch of the youngsters if they knew what today was. Every one of them answered "hump day". Seriously. Not one of them knew. SMH.

Yes, God bless them all.

I was thinking about today, yesterday already. Imagine knowing on the night of June 5th that you'd be invading Europe in 6 hours.
Martinjmpr
06-06-2018, 14:17
Yes, God bless them all.

I was thinking about today, yesterday already. Imagine knowing on the night of June 5th that you'd be invading Europe in 6 hours.

...Or you were already there...

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Bailey Guns
06-06-2018, 14:54
I'm not sure if I would've been more terrified being part of the invasion or having to defend against the invasion. Pretty sure the average German soldier knew by that time they were in deep, deep trouble.
CS1983
06-06-2018, 15:01
I bet they felt pretty confident looking down on the beach from their vantage points with the MG's and heavy guns. And then the long green willy of Uncle Sam started getting frisky and they probably didn't feel so superior about their structural integrity of the Nazi tactical sphincter.
hollohas
06-06-2018, 15:26
I took some time today to look at pictures of the Allied forces building up for Operation Overlord and the invasion itself, Operation Neptune.

That truly was the most impressive show of force ever recorded on film. I got goosebumps just looking at the pictures.

I can't imagine the Germans were feeling too confident once they saw the endless lines of ships and landing craft stretching back to the horizon as far as they could see in both directions. They had to have known that they were effed at that point.
Martinjmpr
06-06-2018, 16:36
Just saw this on a "Business Insider" clickbait article but it was pretty cool nonetheless:

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/279397/107th-returns-normandy

The MI Air National Guard's 107th Fighter Squadron flew an A-10 over Normandy Beach.

The A-10 was painted with the same kind of black-and-white "invasion stripes" that D-Day aircraft were painted with to avoid friendly-fire incidents:

For reference, P-47 Thunderbolt with "invasion stripes" also shown

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Invasion Stripes Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_stripes
Bailey Guns
06-06-2018, 17:54
If I'd been that A-10 pilot I'da been sportin' wood for about a week after that. How cool that would be.
theGinsue
06-06-2018, 18:07
Can you imagine what even just 2 A-10's could have done at the Normandy Invasion?
OtterbatHellcat
06-06-2018, 20:16
God bless them all. Getting a little blurred, gotta go.

Thanks.

This.
Gman
06-06-2018, 22:08
Can you imagine what even just 2 A-10's could have done at the Normandy Invasion?
No kidding.

It totally makes sense that they would use the A-10 Thunderbolt II as the P-47 Thunderbolt had been decades earlier.