D Day

[Pacman89]

68 years ago 160000 allied troops invaded normandy and northern europe to preserve our rights and liberties from tyranny. Hopefully we all can pause for a moment today in rememberence of those who gave their lives in so that we may have our lives today!

Thanks to all our service men and women who give it their all 24/7 CHEERS
"ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY."- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

[RMD]

...i Have Full Confidence In Your Courage, Devotion To Duty And Skill In Battle. We Will Accept Nothing Less Than Full Victory!


Good Luck! And Let Us All Beseech The Blessings Of Almighty God Upon This Great And Noble Undertaking.

[dc3]

^^^^
supposed to be a cool paratrooper smilie

[blm28]

Not many of that generation left.

[Zombie Steve]

It's just insane that we can ask that generation to jump behind enemy lines in Normandy and wade through the surf and Japanese fire at Tarawa, but two generations later, it's too much to ask people to buy health insurance for themselves.

They truly were the Greatest Generation. It' s humbling to even think about what they did this day 68 years ago...

[BPTactical]

Blessed be their souls and a for those that are still with us.

Very well said Zombie Steve.

Worth a watch........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x8if...layer_embedded

[airborneranger]

A little known fact is that the first Soldier to die in D-Day was a British Para taking Pegasus Bridge. True heroes.

[Mazin]

Happy D-Day! If it was not for all the Brave who fought we might be speaking german today. Thank you and God Bless all of our Vets!

[alxone]

A little known fact is that the first Soldier to die in D-Day was a British Para taking Pegasus Bridge. True heroes.

there is a good book about Pegasus bridge and major howards group

[Ronin13]

68 years ago 160000 allied troops invaded normandy and northern europe to preserve our rights and liberties from tyranny. Hopefully we all can pause for a moment today in rememberence of those who gave their lives in so that we may have our lives today!

Thanks to all our service men and women who give it their all 24/7 CHEERS
"ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY."- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Fixed... but message received!

"Your boots can never be filled, but we'll do our best!"

[rondog]

God bless every man and woman that participated, and the millions more involved in supporting the war effort behind the lines and at home, both military and civilian! Both my parents were machinists in a shipyard during the war, but I lost relatives I never knew over there, and a few others that came home were never "right" again.

One uncle was a Ranger that was in Overlord, I wish I knew his stories of the war, but he couldn't talk about them. He buried himself in vodka after the war until he was barely alive, and that stuff pretty much made him a veggie for the rest of his days.