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Post by stuart1974 on Jun 5, 2019 7:46:39 GMT
One of the most significant actions of the War, a big thank you to all involved.
I have been lucky enough to visit Normandy a few times and its memorials and museums.
Also thanks to those involved in actions elsewhere such as Italy and the Far East who shouldn't be forgotten.
As you go to bed tonight, 75 years ago thousands would have been departing to the unknown.
Brave men indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 7:55:11 GMT
A truly staggering day that should never be forgotten.
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 5, 2019 8:04:50 GMT
One of the most significant actions of the War, a big thank you to all involved. I have been lucky enough to visit Normandy a few times and its memorials and museums. Also thanks to those involved in actions elsewhere such as Italy and the Far East who shouldn't be forgotten. As you go to bed tonight, 75 years ago thousands would have been departing to the unknown. Brave men indeed. My Dad who died in 2016 was a Royal Navy medical orderly picking up American wounded on Omaha from the start of the attack,he was 19 and what he saw over the 6 days he was there changed him forever,very rarely spoke about and refused his medals until 2007 when we got them presented to him by the Mayor of Thornbury at a beautiful civic reception. One of the many quiet unassuming heroes who did what he had to do without complaint. God bless all of them. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Jun 5, 2019 8:14:17 GMT
One of the most significant actions of the War, a big thank you to all involved. I have been lucky enough to visit Normandy a few times and its memorials and museums. Also thanks to those involved in actions elsewhere such as Italy and the Far East who shouldn't be forgotten. As you go to bed tonight, 75 years ago thousands would have been departing to the unknown. Brave men indeed. My Dad who died in 2016 was a Royal Navy medical orderly picking up American wounded on Omaha from the start of the attack,he was 19 and what he saw over the 6 days he was there changed him forever,very rarely spoke about and refused his medals until 2007 when we got them presented to him by the Mayor of Thornbury at a beautiful civic reception. One of the many quiet unassuming heroes who did what he had to do without complaint. God bless all of them. I can understand that. Omaha was awful, he must have witnessed a lot of things he wished he could forget. Like so many veterans, put in a memory box titled "do not open". My grandfather refused his campaign medals on account that he felt he didn't deserve them and the real heroes were those not alive to receive them. |
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 5, 2019 8:25:51 GMT
My Dad who died in 2016 was a Royal Navy medical orderly picking up American wounded on Omaha from the start of the attack,he was 19 and what he saw over the 6 days he was there changed him forever,very rarely spoke about and refused his medals until 2007 when we got them presented to him by the Mayor of Thornbury at a beautiful civic reception. One of the many quiet unassuming heroes who did what he had to do without complaint. God bless all of them. I can understand that. Omaha was awful, he must have witnessed a lot of things he wished he could forget. Like so many veterans, put in a memory box titled "do not open". My grandfather refused his campaign medals on account that he felt he didn't deserve them and the real heroes were those not alive to receive them. Yes your right Stuart in the latter years of his life he would talk to my better half if she asked him one of the most interesting anecdotes was that before embarkation they were all handed a box to put personal belongings in that would be stored in Portsmouth, his prized possession was a Burberry full length coat he had bought out his own money to keep warm on board so he left that.He got leave some 8 days later and went to pick up his box but someone had broken into it and stolen his coat,despicable! ! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 8:38:57 GMT
My Father and seven Uncles all served in WW2. Only one Uncle was involved in D-Day. He was a Para, and when we were young kids he would regal us all with his stories of daring do, blowing up tanks etc. It was only later I learned that he was actually captured as he landed on D-Day. The German troops were actually waiting as he came down. He spent the rest of the war as a POW, but even that had a profound effect on him. On the plus side, all my family members survived the war.
On the other hand, my wife lost two Uncles on the same day. One died on the Eastern Front, and the other in France. They were in the German Army.
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