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Topic: D-Day is tommorrow |
Frank Speights
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Jackson, Ga USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2009 5:37 pm |
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Tommorrow will be the 65th anniversary of the landing at Normandy. I have an Uncle who was in the invasion force. He landed on Omaha Beach. I got a chance while I was stationed in Germany to visit the Cemetery and the beaches, what a moving experience. I hope that our younger generation never forgets what the high cost of freedom really is. I would ask that tommorrow, the 6th of June 2009 that everyone take a moment of silence in rememberance of all the soldiers from both sides who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Those of you coming to the Peach Jam should stop by the table I will have set up.
May God Bless each of you and this Great Country! |
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Jun 2009 9:31 pm
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| Thanks for this post Frank. I don't know the reason, but todays younger generation do not know what D-Day means. I talked to several and they were not familiar with the occassion. More history should be taught in our class rooms. My friend Austin Hillers was threre in the first wave that went ashore. There were 80% causualties in the fist wave, dead and wounded. Austin Survived D-Day and made it thru the war un hurt. GOD bless our Military and the great sacrifices they made to keep us free in the past and present. God bless America. Jody. |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Jun 2009 6:43 am
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June 6th is the Shannon Day of Infamy. On this day in 1944 I lost two Uncles and two first cousins on the beach at Omaha. My uncle, Travis Mitchell was a two striper in the Rangers and my uncle Murphy Garrett was a major in the same outfit. Then I lost a cousin Virgil Garrett who was a landing craft operator and Charles Garrett who was an infantryman who landed at Omaha. My Aunt Merle Garrett lost her husband and two sons at that raggedy place. She was notified on June 24th, by telegram, that her entire family was wiped out. Some folks are just meant to GIVE I guess.
phred
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 6 Jun 2009 7:01 am
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Thanks for the reminder Frank.
It was a little before my time and although I had several relatives in the service at this time, none of them were involved in the Omaha Beach landing. They were all fortunate enough to return home, but so many didn't. I understand that many of the wounded at Normandy took fire by shielding those coming up behind them with their own bodies.
We owe a huge debt to these heroes that can never be repaid. They paid an enormous price so that people can live in freedom not only in this country, but all over the world. |
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John Coffman
From:
Wharton,Texas USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2009 7:05 am
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I agree with Jody, these kids have no idea what our parent and grandparents went through. I dam proud to speak english and live in free country. My father was at Normandy, and at most of the atomic testing in the Pacific. One uncle at the Battle of the Bugle and 3 uncles at Midway. All are gone now but my kids know what it means to support there country. My son works to support the training of FA at Fort Sill for the last 6 years. He even is learn how to play steel. God bless our fallen heroes and the one we still have with us.
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2009 8:44 am
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I just finished the complete documentary DVD series "The World At War", and it is absolutely unbelievable, some of the things that happened before and during WWII. I had heard and read lots of things about the war, but most of the things brought out in this series I had never heard of. Approximately 55 MILLION people died worldwide, almost exclusively because of one, demented, power hungry dictator. My hat is off to anyone who ever served in the armed forces and helped to preserve this freedom that we usually take for granted. May we NEVER forget.
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jun 2009 8:44 am
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The most touching moment of the ceremonies was the WWII veteran who, although sick and in pain, wanted to attend, so his relatives brought him to France where he visited the cemetary where his companions were buried, then returned to his hotel room and died in his sleep during the night, preventing him from attending the DD event.
He finally died with his friends, who died 65 years earlier. I hope they are celebrating today!
gene
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