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06-06-2019, 08:19 AM #1We are getting there...
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75th Anniversary D-Day Normandy Invasion
God bless "the Greatest Generation".
The men (and women) who participated and supported this endeavor (should) have our eternal gratitude for what they accomplished on this day 75 years ago...
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06-06-2019, 11:08 AM #2Senior Member
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Anyone who does not understand should watch the first ten minutes of "Saving Private Ryan". I'm sure it is only a semblance of what they faced, but it is the most powerful representation I have ever seen.
Set revisionist history and politics aside if you need to and just appreciate the men as human beings when something greater demands sacrifice.chillinfish and jollymon like this.RTR anyway.
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My father went in D+6 at Utah beach. He joined the army 11-14-1940 God bless him. I joined the Navy 11-14-1980.
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What can locals tell us about how state ownership will impact access and what it will now cost? Thanks.
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