Take a moment to think about those brave men. Many are still there.

"The Greatest Generation" indeed...

I spent a day on Omaha beach, the museum and American Cemetery. It was a very emotional day for me.

my great uncle tom is still over there. 506th PIR KIA 14 Jun 1944.

My dad was there. Except he didn't go ashore that day. He was a 19 yr. old radioman on a light cruiser that was shelling some German gun emplacements that were located a certain distance inland and couldn't be seen from the water. They had intel that told them how far back from the shore they were and their radar gave them the distance from the ship to the shore. Just add the two distances together and set the guns for that range. They were successful and were credited with putting that emplacement out of commission. I wish that I had an audiotape of my dad describing what they saw at first light that morning. From their position the invasion force stretched as far as they could see, even with binoculars.

We watched saving private Ryan again last night.

Always watch it close to June 6th.

It should be mandatory watching for ALL young people in school.

Maybe then they would realize the sacrifices America had to go through to save our way of life and FREEDOM!

Virgil B.

They can all kiss my ass!

I am in awe of those men!

Our battalion CSM was in the 82nd Airborne and dropped into Normandy. He was shot in the spine on June 8th,1944. I don't know the circumstances but he was awarded the DSC. He recovered, obviously the bullet didn't break the spinal column, and went on to serve in combat in Korea and Vietnam.

Tall fellow from Texas, stood about 6' 6", very soft spoken man who really cared about his people, I liked and respected him a lot for that. Generally he was real easy going but there were a few times someone crossed him and learned the mistake of doing that right quick!

This^^^. God bless them all.

God bless those brave men. I can’t imagine being there that day. That’s why my uncle and Dad never talked about it. Both got the participation trophy that day. All winners.

If those pictures don't put a lump in your throat there is something wrong with you.

They are coined as the Greatest Generation for a reason.

The little BLM and Antifa Pussies have nothing on these men even though most of them have passed on, NOT ONE DAMN THING!

👍👍👍👍👍👍

There is very little truly Sacred Ground in the world, but you spent a day on the Most Sacred...

An even more sobering thought is that the vast majority of the men in these pictures would be dead or wounded before the end of the war.

I would agree wholeheartedly. My dad went over a month or so after D-Day, and I found the film to be so realistic as to be disturbing.

I would like young people to find it disturbing too.

I also think they should watch Schindlers List as well, if they want to see where socialism leads...

These foucking people...all of them...are not fit to breathe the same air as brave men.

The most disgusting and disrespectful thing imaginable.

ingwe,

They are right where they belong. On their knees.

You are right ingwe, lets do every thing we can to keep their sorry asses on their knees. Rio7

i don't remember th exact percentage, but i think something like 50% wounded or kia by the end of the year

This thread got me thinking of another guy who I knew growing up. Good friend of my dads that he worked with for years. They were both born 3 or 4 days apart in July 1924. Both were the same M.O.S. in the Navy, (radiomen), and both were aboard warships in the English Channel on D Day; and not too far apart IIRC. Never met each other until after the war when they both got hired at the same place. Sometimes when I think of my father and him it blows my mind to think about how many teenagers participated in D-Day and how many of them never saw their 20th birthday. Just think how many 18-19 year old guys were in those landing craft.

Yep,they are worth nothing more to me than a piece of Trash.

The fascinating part is the training and mental toughness that had to be molded into them for them to even do it.

My Dad was the only one to survive a bazooka attack on his Sherman in a small German town called Oehringen. The Corporal lived for 2 more days after, but sadly he also passed.

Just finishing up "The Victors" by Stephen Ambrose. The men who landed at Normandy were 20-23 years old and had undergone months and years of training and toughening up. They went in as cohesive units of men who knew and trusted each other. Easy Company of the 506th PIR had formed in the middle of 1942 but they didn't go to war until June 1944. The 1st ID had been in North Africa and Sicily before it landed at Omaha beach.

By November, just five and six months later, the army was being made up of 18-19 year olds with little or no training beyond basic. They just threw individual warm bodies into units as replacements who basically learned on the job or died.

That's some serious history.
I imagine that was before you came along and lived to eventually grow up and tell about this hero?

I worked with a lot of WWII vets when I started my apprenticeship in 71. One was an Omaha beach survivor. He cried when he told me, he was the only man to survive on the landing craft he came ashore on that day.

My uncle landed on Utah beach. Said the bottom of their landing craft was covered in vomit from the guys getting sea sick. Jokingly said at that point he didn’t care if he got shot he was so sick.

Yes. Before my time, by about a decade. Sadly, Pop is gone about 8 years now.

They really were the Greatest Generation. There isn't any doubt in my mind.

Same here--late June 2019.

That's a blessing to be honored with our Dads influences all of these years.

Lest we forget, Midway was June 4-7, 1942, The beginning of the end for Japan. Thanks to these and all the other brave men who secured freedom.

We could see the other man’s cards, we were waiting, locked and loaded.

I have read quotes of 250% casualty rates between June of ‘44
and May of ‘45, most of those going ashore on DDay would not escape unscathed.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
God bless America!

Met a 94 year old WW2 vet today at church. It was his birthday. We had a great talk. He was with the 101st Airborne and jumped into Germany on D-Day. He is in a wheel chair but still has his wits about him. I gave him his due and honored him in front of others at the church as part of the Greatest Generation.

I went to Knob Creek (the machine gun shoot in Kentucky) two years ago and on Saturday morning at 9:00a.m. when everyone was ready to start shooting the range master said ok start firing. You really don't know how many bullets a Browning 50 puts out or a .30-06 machine gun because you can't see the bullets flying across the range at 2700 f.p.s. But that morning they loaded the belts so that every fifth round was a tracer. I know it sounds silly, but the first thing that crossed my mind at that moment was the D- Day landing. How anyone made it across that beach that day is just unimaginable.

My Uncle was there.

My Dad and other Uncle were in the Pacific theater. Another Uncle was a Navy man and a third was late to the game, but still crossed the Rhine with Patton. All are gone now.

Yes, just six months into the war and Midway was the beginning of the end for the Japs. One of the most decisive battles in naval history.
Think of all the brave airmen from the American carriers who died on that day.

My grandfather flew over France that day in a USAAF bomber. He is gone now for 15 years but I am still proud of him. I got to visit the beaches there in 2007 and it was an eerie experience.

RIP Men! We'll not see your like again.

I always remember my great-uncle Corbit Nichols who jumped with the 82nd on D-Day. On the second day after the jump he was shot through the mouth from side to side when he raised up to yell some instructions to troops in this group. He fought on until relieved by forces from the beach.

When men were men.

That kind of event could never happen today; more died in the 1st hour than the total killed in Irag & Afghanistan combined in total.

We owe a debt we cannot repay to all those brave men.

MM

just to be accurate the 101st jumped into france on d day, part of the normandy invasion. germany was in 1945 and end of 1944 not june of 1944.

my late dad landed on easy red sector, omaha beach about 0930. he was a pfc in the 210th mp co, part of 5th engineer special bde. 6/6 is his day, but it is a good a day as any to say a prayer for every other guy who saved our world, for awhile.. .

We should honor "The Greatest Generation" by giving them the America back they fought and died for.

Yep. If they could see the current state of affairs in America, they’d be rolling over in Their GRAVES.

God Bless each and every one... Still one thing that has always hit me., over 50% of those that came ashore on June 6th 1944, were dead by June 20th, 1944... just two weeks later. We need to remember and honor each and every one.... Too many people just thought today was another day of the week.

I'm all in for that. How do we get started!

My father was right behind them. He missed D-Day, but made up for it in the Battle of the Bulge.

We were all antifascist then.