D-Day. My flag is out. I wonder how many people in this country even know the sacrifices made by men and women from 1941 to 1945. My father was an Army Master Sargent in the ETO from '43 to '44.

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there is a you-toob channel doing an hour by hour documentary... D-Day 24 hours.. it is amazing so far

Has every one forgot what happen that day?

Dick

D-Day, the Allied invasion of France at Normandy.

Not this household.

No, and I was just there.

In addition to this day of sacrifice and honor from those who freely gave their chance at safety in the greater interest of peace and freedom, it also marks another day in history...25 years ago my gun store opened along with the first indoor range in Montgomery County...I sold my half of the business following a very contentious divorce, and subsequently retired 15 years ago...Today I'll pay a visit to the current business (it has been sold and resold three times since) and see if anyone knows the significance of the day...

I did this five years ago, and only one employee ever even heard of the Normandy Invasion, or knew who I was......Ben

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Estimated 10,000 Allied casualties including 2,501 US killed in action.

Also the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.

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No! I will never forget. My flag flies today in their honor.

Never to be forgotten!

My uncle landed at Normandy on the 9th. So, on the 6th he was probably in England running around making sure he had all his gear. He must have found the important stuff, because he made it home when others weren't so lucky.

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Our freedom is not free. 29,000 Americans lost their lives on June 6, 1944.

The photo below is a large stone monument that stands at the entrance
to the VA Medical Center in Boise.

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D-Day may well have been the greatest single day group achievement in the history of mankind. There aren't that many left who participated, but all those who did should be remembered and honored forever.

I was talking to my golf partner this morning about that very thing. Mainstream media is very slowly changing the narrative of American History and people better wake up.

Never forget.

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That's gonna leave a mark.

My father-in-law was there at Omaha Beach with the 29th Inf. in the 1st wave so it will never be forgotten here.

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Why duck?? It's a 9mm!

Uncle Bob went in the night before, riding down in a glider. Rommel's asparagus gave him nightmares until he went home about 15 years ago. 1/325 Airborne Infantry Regiment/ Stand Alone!

Ivan

I hear this and always wonder where this belief comes from? My local paper and the state wide one to boot had a front page, interactive photo spread on D Day and a quarter page news article on page 6.

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I didn't forget, but the lame stream media apparently did. Haven't heard a single word about it all day.

My uncle Bill went in with the 29th.My former father in law John was navy he took the rangers in.God Bless their generation.

My father didn't land in the first waves on D-Day. When he was much older he did tell me the surf was still bloody when he came ashore.

The only things he kept from the war was his issued fixed blade knife, a Camillius, and a pair of galoshes from the Battle of the Bulge He said they saved his life.

MY uncle was a assault NCO at the beach the first day, He told me he was 3 deep in names for replacsements within minutes, he couldn't keep up. He did not cry easy, being a young 17 year old Marine serving in Shanghai, China during that mess. He was also in the first wave at Korea.


I Sure Hope he Found Peace with our Lord

I'm a "younger" member here, Haha.

But I know the significance of the date.

Also December 7th, June 4th, May 8th, August 6th, August 9th, and September 2nd.

You guys should know the corresponding years and the significance of these dates.

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My father was at Omaha Beach in the 1st Division. I won't forget and I remind my grand children too.

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I was 13 at the time. Radios were playing all over the neighbor hood about it. I was delivering newspapers on my bike at the time. None of my family server, my father was too old but my Mother drove ambulance for the shipyards nearby. Yes, I remember D Day very well. Later on I worked with a lot on vets that were there & their stories.

There were at least three threads here today about it, the news mentioned it, most of the people young and old I know who enjoy history or WW2 movies mentioned it, I'd say no, everyone has not forgotten it. Far from it.

If it had gone unmentioned I'd say OK, it's not a major anniversary (80th is next year), it wasn't a turning point in the war the way we'd think of Stalingrad or Midway, it wasn't our most costly or most successful endeavor, but it really captures something in anyone who takes an interest in history and I'm glad it does.

My Father went ashore at Omaha with the 29th.
I very rarely ever talked about it. Never at length. Just a little snippet here and there. But when he did, just the look in his eyes would give you goosebumps.

Father in Law was going ashore on a LST with his Machine Gun squad sitting on the top of the rail one second next the LST and his squad were gone. ...picked up returned to a ship...up one side shower new gear new squad and returned within a couple hours. He was the real deal BS SS French Croix de Guerre...greviously wounded in B of B...but he was attached to the Brits since 1940 and fought with them

Had to read this several times...

Why can't we do both?

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So many S&W's, so few funds!!

An off anniversary. Plenty of hard fighting until V-E Day.
There was the 741st Tank Battalion of Duplex Drive Shermans. Designed for river crossings, they were lauched in somewhat rough seas 3 miles out. 2 of 27 made it ashore.