D Day Remembered

today marks the 66th observance of the greatest invasion in history. a salute to all our fore fathers who sacrificed

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photos:
Captured: The 65th Anniversary of D-Day on the Normandy Beaches – Plog Photo Blog

Many men came here as soldiers
Many men will pass this way
Many men will count the hours
As they live the longest day

Many men are tired and weary
Many men are here to stay
Many men won't see the sunset
When it ends the longest day

The longest day the longest day
This will be the longest day
Filled with hopes and filled with fears
Filled with blood and sweat and tears

Many men the mighty thousands
Many men to victory
Marching on right into battle
In the longest day in history

 

There should be a lot on Tv today, I'll let you guys know what's going on. Just so you know the 2010 weather is a bad as the 1944 one.....

 

Thankfully, the Channel was like a mill pond, when I crossed it yesterday.

 

Yeah this morning in my hometown, it was cold, damp and gray with a fine mist coming down. Real good atmosphere I suppose.

 

In Memory of the Fallen Canadians on Juno Beach, On D-Day AKA "Operation Overlord" It's to be Noted In the first day
of the invasion, Canadian casualties numbered about 1,000 killed and wounded; no accurate record was possible to indicate
how many were killed on the beach and how many became casualties inland.




Soldiers of the 3rd Canadian infantry division hit the beaches of Normandy and begin the deadliest run of their lives.
This image Is a single frame from the footage taken by the Canadian Film & Photo) of the first wave was captured by
a camera on board a landing craft.




"D" Day: wounded soldiers lying on beach awaiting transfer to casualty clearing station, Normandy,
France. 6 June, 1944 Source Canadian National Archives I can assure The Source of these Pictures
are from the Canadian Archives Film & Photo Unite.




Map of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landings on Juno Beach showing D-Day objectives ("Yew", "Elm", "Oak" )
and advance of 1st Hussars, Fort Garry Horse and Sherbrooke Fusiliers tank

http://www.members.shaw.ca/junobeach/images/juno-3 D-Day Landings and D-Day+1.jpg


Lest We Forget.

 

I observed a 2 minute silence, to pray for the souls that shed blood, where i forgot the differences between khaki and grey, and just prayed for them as a human being.

Did you?

Regards,
TBA

 

Sixty-eight years ago today, my father landed on Omaha Beach as part of Operation Neptune. My father was one of the lucky ones who made it off the beach and eventually made it home. So many did not. For all of the boys, from all of the Allied Nations, who fought that day, for those who made it home and most especially those who did not, may we never forget what they sacrificed. For all of the brave men and women who have served in uniform and who have sacrificed, may we never forget.

(My father was with the 608 Engineers Light Equipment Co. which is listed toward the bottom of the attached page. Most of his unit did not participate - just a lucky few. The rest of the unit landed in France in July 1944.)


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Sixty-eight years ago today, my father landed on Omaha Beach as part of Operation Neptune. My father was one of the lucky ones who made it off the beach and eventually made it home. So many did not. For all of the boys, from all of the Allied nations, who fought that day, for those who made it home and most especially those who did not, may we never forget what they sacrificed. For all of the brave men and women who have served in uniform and who have sacrificed, may we never forget.

(My father was with the 608 Engineers Light Equipment Co. which is listed toward the bottom of the attached page. Most of his unit did not participate - just a lucky few. The rest of the unit landed in France in July 1944.)

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Clem that's good post ! Please pass the saluet on to your dad.

 

Please don't take this the wrong way: Let's also remember and be grateful for the vets in the PTO who had multiple "D-Days" in their island-hopping campaign too!

 

Sorry if this has been posted before, some good photos:

http://life.time.com/history/d-day-rare-color-photos/?iid=lf|mostpop#11

 

Watched a bit of the local news before leaving for work this morning. Not a mention that it was the anniversary of D-Day.

 

Dear friends across the Atlantic,
dear friends of all nations having taken part in the landings and the liberation of France,
dear veterans.
Today we celebrate the 68th anniversary of the D-Day, Normandy. The France commemorates with deep emotion and gratitude this day that saw fighting and often, too often die so many soldiers. Know all that in France the memory of the heros is not forgotten. We know what we owe to our liberators and will be eternally grateful.
Clementine, tell your father how much emotion is strong, 68 years later.
To all those who know veterans, tell their how proud we are of what they did.
The duty to remember that we preserve helps maintain peace and freedom. These wonderful gifts that the allies offered us.

Eric

 

yes let us not forget. the world must find a better way to solve its problems or else.

 

I will. Thank you.

 

Typical....Your a bit late there Jagdpanther....Although I do like your style...When we doing the VE day parade?

But seriously this actuallly nearly went past me this year...A momentous day and a day we all can be proud of doing the right thing.

 

Typical....Your a bit late there Jagdpanther....Although I do like your style...When we doing the VE day parade?

But seriously this actuallly nearly went past me this year...A momentous day and a day we all can be proud of doing the right thing.

 

I don't think anyone would Texson...and also the D Day dodgers in Italy etc...We shouldn't forget the likes of Ron Goldstein on ww2 talk who must have been quite busy himself.

 

I am not complaining just noticing it is almost always a harder chore for me to find details on what happened in the Pacific and other places, but Europe has a very good documentation making it always easier to commemorate activities there so I join Texan66 on this just so we remember all of the activities that preserved our freedoms....Clementine is always all inclusive in her posts and I appreciate what her father did for all of us as well. It is almost always a short conversation before I get overwhelmed at our veterans contributions that continued on into civilian life with the loads they carried to make things better for the rest of us. God Bless them.