Thanks Dad and comrades for D-Day

[dreadnut]

77 years ago right now my Dad was aboard a ship headed for Normandy. He was one of those who made the landing and came home to tell about it. Those guys went over there and freed the world from Axis tyranny. My Dad spent his 23rd birthday in France. This 4th of July he would have been 100 years old, RIP.

 

[FNG]

Just finished a couple of good books..

Spearhead (Makos book) - Wikipedia

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The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting Gene…

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First is about a tank crew from the 3rd Armored Division that ended up in a tank duel in Cologne. The fight was caught on camera. A civilian ended up caught in the middle and was killed. One of the German and US crewmembers ended up meeting in Cologne.



The second book is about Gen. Maurice Rose, the commander of the 3rd Armored Division. Unknown to most everyone, he was Jewish, and lead from the front. He got trapped by Germans, and was shot and killed by a German tank commander.

Horrible times but fascinating history.

 

[DrumBob]

I can't let June 6 go by without thinking of those guys who fought and died over there. I don't know how they did it on Normandy Beach. It just blows me away to think they could get through the German defenses at all, but they did, and we're all free today because of their sacrifice.

 

[Guildedagain]

Never forget.

 

[Brad Little]

An interesting veer, of all the thousands of MLB players who were of the right age to have served in WW II, Yogi Berra is the only one who participated in the Normandy invasion. Other notable players, Ted Williams and Bob Feller for example, were in the service, but not D-Day.

 

[F312]

That was together as one, a nation that is.

 

[dreadnut]

Well it was also a bunch of nations united against a common enemy: England, Canada, U.S., Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.