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D-Day 75

moon puppy

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I can remember as a child thinking "wow, it as 20 years ago, that's a long time."

Also remember the 40 year mark, I took the local paper back then and I think it fell on a sunday. I opened the paper and looked all through it, not a word about it till i got to the funny papers. There was Snoopy
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God bless Charles Schulz and Snoopy.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2019/06/06

I called the paper on Monday, got the editor, asked he what he thought about the only mentioned of D-Day being in the funnys. He's reply was we only publish what comes down from the wire. I canceled the paper right then.

I'm glad DDay75 is being remembered as it should.

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Words like bravery, courage, honor and sacrifice barely describe what went on that day.

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I found this interesting.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-man-who-told-america-the-truth-about-d-day/ar-AACqAiG?ocid=spartandhp
 
Just started rewatching Band of Brothers this week...plan on seeing Day of Days tonight, but I forgot how the first episode Curahee ends...here's a clip that gave me chills last night...

https://youtu.be/lamYp2WsJVA
 
In 2004 I had the honour and privilege of being selected as 1 of 10 escorts for 40 D-Day veterans that my Squadron flew from our base in England to a small airfield outside of Cherbourb. Form there we visited several sites around Normandy. Spending the day with these brave men getting to know them and hear their stories fist hand was one of my most deeply moving and humbling experiences of my military career and of my entire life.

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Been posting stuff up on the bulletin board at work for past week. On FB my old unit has been posting a lot and I have been sharing. Point of honour, the First Hussars are the only unit to make their objective on D-Day. When I was in Normandy area years ago on some parades I went to a couple of cemeteries and visited every Canadian I could find in the rows of stone. Was very humbling. They truly were all heroes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8KDgecCz4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GNrZrEcFQs
James
 
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