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Lucky Jack
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There were also minesweepers working the Normandy coast as close as they could get without being spotted in the early hours of the 6th.
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Eternal Patrol
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I was going to watch The Longest Day but I have projects that need doing. I'll get to it.
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About to start watching episode 2 of Band of Brothers. Quote:
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.
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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.
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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.
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To all that served
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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.
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