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59. Your mention of the glider infantry reminded me of something:

Thu Jun 6, 2019, 02:14 PM

Jun 2019

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My school bus driver when I was in seventh grade had been a glider pilot during the D-Day assault. I used to sit behind his driver's seat on the way to school and listen to him talk about his experiences. They were all about the men he knew, and not about the things they did and saw. His name was Mr. Taylor. I wish I knew his full name; maybe I could find some historical information about him.

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75 years ago my 20 year old dad was dropped in Normandy [View all] MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 OP

I'm glad that he made it home MustLoveBeagles Jun 2019 #1

Thank you MustLoveBeagles. My uncle told us our grandmother was crying MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #2

Thank you so much for sharing this. Nevermypresident Jun 2019 #3

Thank you Nevermypresident MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #4

Great post, MM rurallib Jun 2019 #5

Thank you rurallib MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #6

We are the lucky ones SallyHemmings Jun 2019 #7

Thank you SallyHemmings MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #23

As does yours SallyHemmings Jun 2019 #26

I'm not sure I understand the location where your father landed in France. Aristus Jun 2019 #8

Checking with family historian and will clarify MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #10

Okay. Thanks. Aristus Jun 2019 #13

I am SO glad you corrected me. It would be so embarrassing to learn later that I posted MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #17

I felt like a bit of a heel doing it, though. Aristus Jun 2019 #18

Not at all. He would totally approve. An exact person with the facts. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #27

G Company, 507 Parachute Infantry Regiment DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #28

Thanks, DashOneBravo! MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #30

Aristus - this is the correction from my brother MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #12

Hey! I was right! Aristus Jun 2019 #14

Fixing the glitches MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #58

Your mention of the glider infantry reminded me of something: Aristus Jun 2019 #59

Just watched a video in the d-day gliders MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #60

Yeah. Gliders troops were the redheaded stepchildren of the airborne corps. Aristus Jun 2019 #61

Tell your brother DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #62

Thank you! I will MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #66

What a beautiful and meaningful post. yardwork Jun 2019 #9

Thank you Yardwork MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #24

Have you ever gone there (where he landed on D Day? BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #11

I've never gone there. My best friend has a house in France, not terribly far from Normandy. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #15

My takeaway Red Mountain Jun 2019 #16

You are so correct MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #20

Thank you from my Dad via me. pazzyanne Jun 2019 #19

I know your dad. I love him. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #21

These dads are brothers from different mothers. sprinkleeninow Jun 2019 #36

Peace to him. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #39

That is why I am a Democrat. It makes sense deep within my spirit. sprinkleeninow Jun 2019 #43

Agreed. My husband was Jewish but I told everyone MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #48

👍 💙 😉 sprinkleeninow Jun 2019 #50

Bless him, & thank you for sharing. CaptainTruth Jun 2019 #22

Thank you, CaptainTruth MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #25

Wow. Have chills ..amazing story,! My dad is a WW2 Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #29

My uncle was in the Pacific MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #31

The funny part was that he had met my mom a while Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #38

Oh Lord, that would kill me! GI flippancy was a survival skill MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #40

Have you been to the Vietnam memorial in DC?...that Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #42

I've never been there. I've heard it's gut-wrenching MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #47

It is. Thanks again for posting! Sure your dad is Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #49

My father was Agent Orange'd nitpicker Jun 2019 #67

I never knew about the 3 soldiers. Thank you MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #70

So sorry. My cousin ended up on a team that the govt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #71

One reference to war in the Pacific nitpicker Jun 2019 #68

Good post, nitpicker MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #69

What a guy. DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #32

Chills. The drowning or getting strangled in trees was a horror MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #33

"May Their Memory Be Eternal." sprinkleeninow Jun 2019 #34

Yes. My father's young lieutenant is the one I think of MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #35

Thank you for sharing abbeyco Jun 2019 #37

Thank you abbeyco! And thanks to your dad for MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #41

Cheers to good, great Dads! abbeyco Jun 2019 #44

I'm so sorry, Abbeco. A horrible loss. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #45

Your dad is a hero customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #46

I got to see that hallowed ground last year. cilla4progress Jun 2019 #51

That's the tour guy I want, too. Truth-teller! MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #52

I really appreciate your post, MaryMagdaline. ZZenith Jun 2019 #53

Blessings to your father. MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #54

Kindly said. ZZenith Jun 2019 #55

Those men saved the world TEB Jun 2019 #56

My grandfather, great uncle and father in law all Jarqui Jun 2019 #57

So true, Jarqui. The history that made us is a distructive beast MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #64

507th PIR DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #63

Thanks, DashOneBravo! MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #65