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Title: Proud American on Normandy’s Beaches
Post by: DocHolliday on July 10, 2018, 06:44:01 AM
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Proud to be an American on Omaha Beach this day! On this spot on a day in early June 1944 the gates of Hell opened for a time and these men stood in the breech. Thanks to them we are free! May God rest and keep them.

A truly humbling experience.  :jesus-cross:   :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an
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Post by: Dr Juice on July 10, 2018, 07:20:08 AM
Awesome - true American heroes for sure. Thx for the share.
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Post by: Spring Creek Calls on July 10, 2018, 07:48:57 AM
Amen brother!
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Post by: turkeymanjim on July 10, 2018, 08:42:56 AM
That is American heroes at it's finest.

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Post by: ShootingABN! on July 10, 2018, 08:49:18 AM
Airborne All The Way! God Bless those Warriors and their Families.
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Post by: WiLL B on July 10, 2018, 10:57:08 PM
My Grandpa went up that beach. I can't imagine the terror
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Post by: strutnrut on July 11, 2018, 08:00:16 AM
The only land we kept is the places we buried our dead. May they Rest In Peace.  :jesus-cross:
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Post by: rooster on July 11, 2018, 03:54:20 PM
My Granddad was on that beach as well.A genuine war hero, highly decorated.Said it was a meat grinder.
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Post by: greencop01 on July 12, 2018, 08:37:55 PM
My father landed on D-Day +1 marched and fought all the way to Belgium and the tail end of the Bulge. My Grandad was there in 1917, Army Artillery. God Bless that generation. They came home, raised families and never talked about it. All my Dad said was I left it over there. Thank God for men that step in the gap.
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Post by: Old Gobbler on July 12, 2018, 09:37:14 PM
Amazing !

I took a tour there a few years ago with my older son and in found the trip very worthwhile !

We visited the cemeteries and watched several french families come and pay thier respects to the US and Canadian grave sites -

I can't imagine how brave those soldiers were to scale those cliffs and land on those beaches, jumping out of planes to think about it even today is mind boggling

I hope people worldwide never forget what sacrifices were made
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Post by: greencop01 on July 15, 2018, 07:28:12 PM
God forgive me my father-in-law landed on Iwo and was there for the duration. And wouldn't you know his oldest boy and oldest daughter were born on the anniversary date of the invasion on Iwo 19 Feb.
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Post by: Sir-diealot on July 15, 2018, 07:36:39 PM
Thank them all for their service and their sacrifice.