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    Brave souls land on the beaches @ Normandy, changing the world.
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    SALUTE

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    Never forget!

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    Notice the regulation haircut, excessive PPE, and certificates of completing sexual harrassment awareness training -- because those things win wars.

    Ike: I assume giving a talk before the drop

    Canadian Bicycle Cavalry (yes, it was a thing) landing

    Rangers in a landing craft

    Modern day Point Du Hoc bombardment scars


    modern day Omaha Beach

    Facing the German defense line @ Omaha

    Germans' view down to the beach.

    The cliffs at Point Du Hoc that the Rangers scaled
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    Wow...those pictures are humbling.
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    God bless them all. Getting a little blurred, gotta go.

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    Salute to America's finest in their time of duty !!!
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    God bless those brave souls!

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hollohas View Post
    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.

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