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rug

(82,333 posts) Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:17 PM Jun 2013

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D-Day 1944

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D-Day 1944 (Original Post) rug Jun 2013 OP

69 years! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1

for me i think riding a glider to take the bridges would be worse, i just hate flying loli phabay Jun 2013 #4

The guys that hit the beach are the very definition of courage. yourout Jun 2013 #2

69 yrs ago, a day of hell. Thanks go to all who were involved in the Liberation. uppityperson Jun 2013 #3

I was just shy of 4 mos old and 2 of my uncles landed there. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #5

late FIL was one of those guys rurallib Jun 2013 #6

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

1. 69 years!

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:19 PM

Jun 2013

Mind-blowing, since almost all of my uncles... and my Dad... were there. And now they're gone. And, I'm not even 50 yet!

A trip in a Higgins boat across a body of water known for its fury must've been terrifying - only to reach the other side and have bullets flying all around you.

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)

4. for me i think riding a glider to take the bridges would be worse, i just hate flying

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:07 PM

Jun 2013

And to ride a horsa glider would just scare the crap out of me.

yourout

(7,527 posts)

2. The guys that hit the beach are the very definition of courage.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:30 PM

Jun 2013

I can not imagine the sheer terror they had to fight back to even get on the boats.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

3. 69 yrs ago, a day of hell. Thanks go to all who were involved in the Liberation.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:59 PM

Jun 2013

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

5. I was just shy of 4 mos old and 2 of my uncles landed there.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:11 PM

Jun 2013

Both were in the Canadian Army and both survived the war.

rurallib

(62,406 posts)

6. late FIL was one of those guys

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:15 PM

Jun 2013

I posted this earlier:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022956294

Can't imagine what was going through their minds.

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