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06-06-2006, 07:51 AM
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Country:  | 6th Of June, 1944: D-Day
The longest day
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06-06-2006, 09:00 AM
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Country: | The blown Sherman had used as a commo of the units location before the D-day came.
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06-06-2006, 10:07 AM
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| Here's a link to a story I wrote about one of only 4 MOHs awarded on D-Day. Enjoy. http://www.combatsim.com/review.php?id=692
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06-06-2006, 10:08 AM
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#4 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Nice pics there. Its allways nice to see pics of D-Day.
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06-06-2006, 10:55 AM
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| I was looking at the pictures of the LST's unloading right on the beach.
Thats why the allies could invade France, and the Germans couldnt invade England.
We had the logistics to do it.
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06-06-2006, 01:26 PM
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#6 | | Der Crewchief
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06-06-2006, 01:34 PM
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06-06-2006, 01:41 PM
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#8 | | the old Sage
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Country:  | I salute an uncle, now deceased some 15 years who came onshore during the Normandie landings and ended the war with his company in central Germany.
Gents just as a side note, do not forget also what happend in Italy during this week. Yes it is little known ..........
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06-06-2006, 02:06 PM
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| Rome was finally liberated.
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06-06-2006, 02:51 PM
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Country: | It is a shame that there is a lack of respect and attention given to the mission that these men faced. It disheartened me to see that any mention of D-Day was relegated to the 4th page in our newspaper, in place of 6-6-6 stories. It scares me to think how few people now recognize these important dates in history, which had a tremendous impact on the future of our world. I thank all of the men who when faced the most unbelievable of tasks were able conquer them with excellence. I am still one of the few that remember this day for what it is, and I personally will never forget June-6th. God Bless those men who fought on that day, and the many days after.
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06-06-2006, 03:04 PM
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Country:  | Yes, it is also a shame that there has not been much mentioned on the news of this historic day  Anyway attached are the most famous pics of D-day by Robert Capa (who worked with my Great-grandfather at Time and Life - I have pics of them as well as some that my great-grandfather took on D-day (he was also a war photographer at Time & Life).
From top to bottom:
1) The Landing
2) Hedgehogs
3) Landings
4) Landings
5) Frank Scherschel on D-day (at Portsmouth).
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06-06-2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by horse[USA] God Bless those men who fought on that day, and the many days after. | 
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06-06-2006, 04:18 PM
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06-06-2006, 04:23 PM
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| V2, that second pic of the airplanes flying over the battleship could not have been photo'd off of Normandy.
All four Iowa class BB's were stationed in the Pacific.
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06-06-2006, 07:32 PM
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Country: | I educated about 20 people today in reminding them that today was the Anniversary of D-Day.... They were completely clueless... I cannot understand the stupidity of this world sometimes.... 
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