/dev/null Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. -Dwight D. Eisenhower 3 1 3
DC Tom Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 75 years ago yesterday, Operation Forager started. 75 years ago the day before, Rome was occupied. The war was bigger than D-Day. 1
Watkins90 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 To make it possible for us to love and enjoy the Buffalo Bills. A Salute to not only the men and women of the current Armed Forces, but a big salute to the men who were brave enough to do the unthinkable. 8 5
whatdrought Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 A day of remembrance that demands us to put our lives into perspective. 4
RyanC883 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 This was sent out yesterday at 4:54 pm EST by a Judge in the Federal Court for the Western District of PA. It's well written: "Dear Colleagues, At this hour 75 years ago, 2245 hours British Double Summer Time, June 5, 1944, the paratroopers of the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, along with the their British and Canadian comrades in arms, began to lift off from air bases in England to serve as the "pathfinders" for the D-Day invasion. They were soon followed by other Airborne troops in unarmed gliders. Knowing of the toll that they would soon endure, General Eisenhower personally visited with them as they prepared to board the C-47 cargo planes that would deliver them to France. These men (and back then they were all men) were almost all 20 years old or younger, and were tasked with dropping behind enemy lines on the Normandy peninsula, in the middle of the night, to secure the landing zones and to open pathways inland for the tens of thousands of troops that would soon land by sea. They sustained extensive casualties. They would become the first soldiers to land in occupied France to begin the battle that would free that country and the world from the grip of tyranny. We are all the fortunate beneficiaries of their bravery and sacrifice in that Great Crusade, and now, 75 years later, the very last of them are fading from our view. I would urge all of us, in our own way, to take a moment away from our vital work on behalf of the Nation to reflect on their service to the cause of freedom." 6
vorpma Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said: Airborne - Paratroopers, Born to raise hell! 1
RyanC883 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) Ike Letter.pdf Letter from Ike to Troops and photo of Ike with paratroopers. Ike kept this photo above his desk for years following D-Day. Ike Photo.pdf Edited June 6, 2019 by RyanC883
RyanC883 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) We should honor the men who fought that day (and others preceding and following in that great conflict) by enjoying the liberty they sacrificed to give us. Here is a quote from a news article I recently read: Helen Patton, a granddaughter of famed American tank commander Gen. George S. Patton Jr., is back in Normandy for the 75th anniversary with a message that younger generations should enjoy the liberties so many soldiers fought and died for. Presiding Monday at a game of American football played close to the landing beaches, she quoted from a poem written by her grandfather during World War I to convey the idea that part of honoring those sacrifices is relishing life: "When I sit in my tank and wait for the hour for the great barrage to come down, I wish to god there was one more day for raising hell in town." Edited June 6, 2019 by RyanC883
Chandler#81 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, DC Tom said: 75 years ago yesterday, Operation Forager started. 75 years ago the day before, Rome was occupied. The war was bigger than D-Day. Thank you, Professor. While some of us here are versed in WWII theaters of operations, many are not as the decades slip away. A recent poll showed 50% of millennials are unfamiliar with the Nazi war on Jews. We don’t have much choice but to be grateful ANYTHING is being taught about the Greatest Generation. P.S. If Clark weren’t such an egotistical ass and kept the heat on in the Italian mountains instead of stupidly racing to the Open city of Rome, it likely wouldn’t have taken the Nazi surrender a year later to claim victory in Italy. 2
metzelaars_lives Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 I agree with Ronna McDaniel and so many other Republicans- today should be about honoring Donald Trump and all that he has done for this great country. God bless that man. To think, if only his doctors had let him fight in Vietnam, it may have turned the whole tide of the war. 1
badassgixxer05 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Thank you, Professor. While some of us here are versed in WWII theaters of operations, many are not as the decades slip away. A recent poll showed 50% of millennials are unfamiliar with the Nazi war on Jews. We don’t have much choice but to be grateful ANYTHING is being taught about the Greatest Generation. Not to bring this topic into a millennial bashing conversation, but that thought was going through my mind as i was reading some of the posted articles. I really don't think anyone from the generations of today could have the guts to do what these young hero's did back then. Heck I would have to question my self for that matter. Never really know until you are put into that situation, but man running right into that knowing pretty much you were going to die. Hope we never have to make a decision like that again in the history of man..
metzelaars_lives Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, badassgixxer05 said: Not to bring this topic into a millennial bashing conversation, but that thought was going through my mind as i was reading some of the posted articles. I really don't think anyone from the generations of today could have the guts to do what these young hero's did back then. Heck I would have to question my self for that matter. Never really know until you are put into that situation, but man running right into that knowing pretty much you were going to die. Hope we never have to make a decision like that again in the history of man.. a) did you serve? b) do you have any idea how many “millennials” have served?
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