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[razark]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg/745px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg
:salute:

[Nippelspanner]

That picture...
My salute to everyone who set foot on this beach to stand against a terrible regime.

Rest in peace, soldiers!

[u crank]

D+25202.

:salute::salute::salute:

http://www.canadaatwar.ca/thumbnailer.php?image=photos/dday/juno-8.jpg&type=Media_Large

First wave, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Juno Beach June 6 1944.

[Wolferz]

Go Canucks!:salute:

No, I'm not cheering. Just go!
I want to get this LCT off the beach.

But, seriously, I salute all the participants.:salute::up:

[Red October1984]

Big Salute to all involved

:salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute:

[August]

The night before:

http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/para/us/parachutistes_americains_101eme_airborne.jpg

[Stealhead]

FTW dont forget the US 101st and 82nd British 6th Airborne and the Canadian 1st Parachute Battalion.

Or the Rangers at Point Du Hoc.

Actually the airborne units jumped in the early morning hours of the 6th not the 5th.

[Oberon]

There were also minesweepers working the Normandy coast as close as they could get without being spotted in the early hours of the 6th.

http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/Operation_Neptune_Minesweeping.htm

[Sailor Steve]

I was going to watch The Longest Day but I have projects that need doing. I'll get to it.

[razark]

I was going to watch The Longest Day but I have projects that need doing. I'll get to it.
That was my plan, but then I realized that I only have it on VHS, and no working VCR.

About to start watching episode 2 of Band of Brothers.


3rd Canadian Infantry Division
US 101st and 82nd
British 6th Airborne
Canadian 1st Parachute Battalion.
Rangers
minesweepers working the Normandy coast
Let's not forget those who may not have it the beaches, either.
The bombers that did their part to prepare the area. The men driving the landing craft. The sailors that carried the soldiers across, and bombarded the beaches. The pilots dropping troops and cargo. The intelligence folks, and the counter-intelligence folks. The French resistance. And the workers on the homefront.

Every single one of them had their own part, and a hell of a job they did. Thank you all.

[TarJak]

:salute: to all who served.

[fireftr18]

A big salute to all, from the soldiers who landed and dropped in, to the families in England who housed our troops, to the merchant marine who shipped supplies and equipment across the Atlantic, those who built the equipment, and those who sacrificed to make it possible.
:Kaleun_Salute:

And cheers to the 101st Airborne. :Kaleun_Cheers: I just have to support at Kentucky boys.

[mako88sb]

I just finished Stuart Hills "By Tank into Normandy" today. He was in command of one of the DD tanks for Gold beach. I've always been fascinated with how they managed to accomplish modifying the Sherman's and training the crew in such a relatively short amount of time. Unfortunately, like almost half the DD's at Omaha, Stuart's tank floundered and he didn't make it to the beach until the next day.

[BossMark]

To all that served :salute::salute: and may god rest their souls :salute::salute:
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/PICT1985_zpsa9ecc4de.jpg


QUIET FOLLOW THE FURY OF THE BEACHES - With the bitter Nazi defenders forced back, reinforcements flow steadily through the surf and up the coast of France. Barricades of wreckage from D-Day have been removed and the dead are gone. Order has replaced the chaos of the first day of terrific fighting.

[Platapus]

Although not part of the D-Day invasion, perhaps we can spare a thought on the death of the last serving US Senator who served in WWII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lautenberg

Died 3 Jun 2013 :salute:

Served in the US Army Signal Corps from 1942-1946. Probably won't have any more Senators who served in that war.

26% of current Senators ever served in the US Military.
20% of the Current Hose served in the US Military

http://whoserved.com/senate.asp