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Today is the anniversary of D-Day. We owe so much to the soldiers and sailors that fought there.
As an aside, I remember as a kid, that the comics in the paper would always respect that and mention it. Today, only the Peanuts strip did. What happened?
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Crank this to 11 and raise a glass to those who lived through it - and another one for those who didn't.


I had the honor of knowing a DDay survivor who was the father of one of my friends. On the rare occasions he would even talk about being over there, it was bone chilling. He has his peace now in heaven.
 
maynard said:
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The people with a direct connection to the D-Day invasion, are slipping away. And many of today's young folks who know the term D-Day probably associate the term with a meme or YT video.
 
A good friend (and retired USAF colonel) was present at the 75th anniversary D-Day events in France.

While standing on Omaha Beach with fellow vets, he took some photos of the fly-overs. C-47s with invasion stripes, paratroops (including an original D-Day paratroop).

All the vets on the ground looked up as the a/c flew over. Most of the young folks looked down at the smartphones.

yeesh
 
First photo is my Dad's LST (Landing Ship Tank, aka. Large Slow Target) on one of the Normandy Beaches (photo taken not on D-day, but on one of the many subsequent landings to re-supply troops with needed supplies and vehicles). It was just one of the 7000 ships that crossed the channel on D-day.
Second photo...one found on the internet. Operation Overlord...What an incredible undertaking.

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Just imagine the logistics, and coordinating such a massive - and carefully scheduled - operation.

And two months before, the D-Day trial run (Exercise Tiger) in England had been a disaster. Ike was so afraid the real thing would be a repeat.

The Story of Exercise Tiger | Exercise Tiger Memorial

The Story of Exercise Tiger April 28, 1944 Artist's Rendition of Attack in Lyme Bay Introduction: Planning for "Operation Overlord" (D-Day) began in earnest in 1943. In November, 1943, Devon County Council was informed by the War Cabinet that the Slapton Sands area was to be totally evacuated...
exercisetigermemorial.co.uk exercisetigermemorial.co.uk

TM
 
maynard said:
Today is the anniversary of D-Day. We owe so much to the soldiers and sailors that fought there.
As an aside, I remember as a kid, that the comics in the paper would always respect that and mention it. Today, only the Peanuts strip did. What happened?
.
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we forgot. and that's all I can say about that,
 
My Dad and one uncle joined the Army and after being in for a couple months they announced men were needed for the Merchant Marines. He and two uncles shipped over and spend the rest of the war on supply ships delivering supplies to England and Italy. Dad said the the crew would stand by the railings and shoot at the mines in Naples, the harbor was loaded with floating mines. They made two trips and survived the submarine attacks, lucky, very lucky! We lost one uncle who's ship was torpedoed. Uncle Jake. Not nice to talk about, but just remembering. PJ
 
Not to hijack this thread, but there is a bit of local history, and for me interest, in D-Day. As some of you know I am an historian specializing in the history of Southern Plains tribes. Lawrence Saupitty, Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt's driver/orderly/radio operator, was one of the seventeen Comanche Code Talkers that the US Army utilized in Europe. When Roosevelt landed at Utah Beach and realized that they were some 2,000 yards from their planned landing position, he famously made the decision to "Start the war from right here." Roosevelt did not wish to communicate their wrong landing position over open radio, so he utilized Larry to send this message: "Tassku nunnuwee. Atahtu nunnuwee," "We made a good landing. We landed in the wrong place." This was the first use of Comanche Code talkers during WWII, other code talkers came ashore at Utah that day and numerous coded messages were sent from the landing to Allied command throughout the operation. The Comanche Code talkers would serve throughout the rest of war, playing a small but often important role in the transmission of sensitive information.

The Comanche Nation Museum in Lawton made this short video a few years ago.

 
PAUL161 said:
My Dad and one uncle joined the Army and after being in for a couple months they announced men were needed for the Merchant Marines. He and two uncles shipped over and spend the rest of the war on supply ships delivering supplies to England and Italy. Dad said the the crew would stand by the railings and shoot at the mines in Naples, the harbor was loaded with floating mines. They made two trips and survived the submarine attacks, lucky, very lucky! We lost one uncle who's ship was torpedoed. Uncle Jake. Not nice to talk about, but just remembering. PJ
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One of my first bosses, who owned the music store I worked at in high school, had been a merchant mariner in the N. Atlantic during the war.
 
Walt - thanks very much for posting the video. I had no idea the code talkers actually developed their own code; I'd always thought just the fact that they were using their own language was the "code".

I sincerely hope they did not suffer continuing discrimination and prejudice when they returned to the USA.

Salute.
TM
 
NutmegCT said:
Walt - thanks very much for posting the video. I had no idea the code talkers actually developed their own code; I'd always thought just the fact that they were using their own language was the "code".

I sincerely hope they did not suffer continuing discrimination and prejudice when they returned to the USA.

Salute.
TM
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You're welcome Tom. I'm happy you appreciated it.

Your second statement is a discussion for another time.
 
Another take on Exercise Tiger:

The Story of Exercise Tiger | Exercise Tiger Memorial

The Story of Exercise Tiger April 28, 1944 Artist's Rendition of Attack in Lyme Bay Introduction: Planning for "Operation Overlord" (D-Day) began in earnest in 1943. In November, 1943, Devon County Council was informed by the War Cabinet that the Slapton Sands area was to be totally evacuated...
exercisetigermemorial.co.uk exercisetigermemorial.co.uk
 
I hope the pictures work for you guys.
I am touring Cornwall uk with my wife and we visited trebah gardens only to find that the beach at the bottom of the gardens was used for d-day
And the house and gardens later owned by The Donald Healey.
Coincidental that I’m here and this thread is active and a link to classic cars !
 

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Hamish Racing said:
I hope the pictures work for you guys.
I am touring Cornwall uk with my wife and we visited trebah gardens only to find that the beach at the bottom of the gardens was used for d-day
And the house and gardens later owned by The Donald Healey.
Coincidental that I’m here and this thread is active and a link to classic cars !
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LST's area also known as Long Slow Targets.
 
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