D-Day 1944

cobra · #1 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 11:16 PM

Many many thanks for your unprecedented commitment 70 years ago.

eschaider · #2 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 01:18 AM

Thank you sincerely, Walter.

Most of those men have passed by now as you know. They were our Fathers and our Uncles. Their courage and committment laid the foundation for the freedoms we all enjoy today.

Tom Brokaw called them The Greatest Generation. I truly believe they were. I just hope their progeny do not forget the what and why of what they did on that fateful morning in Normandy almost a century ago, now.

Ed

Goopie 18 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 05:47 AM

I've been to Normandy and visited the invasion sites. The courage of the young men was truly amazing. The Greatest Generation.

SteveCarey · #4 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 05:47 AM

Many to thank and remember... My Dad D+24...Purple Heart and Silver star. He'll be 91 on July 5th 2014��

ACademic · #5 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Goopie 18

I've been to Normandy and visited the invasion sites. The courage of the young men was truly amazing. The Greatest Generation.

Amen to that. For what it's worth, Normandy is on my bucket list.

Igofastr · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 08:49 AM

Much sacrifice from the "greatest generation."

Bxx1 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 11:10 AM

My Dad returned from WWII - Europe - and I was born a few years later. He never talked about his experience and never will. He passed away 9 yrs. ago.