65th Anniversary of D-Day

sherman14 · 06-06-2009, 02:13 PM

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.

Today also would have been my Grandfathers 88th Birthday. RIP PAP 9/25/1997

devilhorns05 · 06-06-2009, 02:27 PM

D-DAY was a great but extremley sad day in our American history. Without it we may not have been able to defeat Hitler and our country and the world could be different today. So this post of mine is in dedication to all those who lost their lifes that day and that war and for all of our armed forces out their serving us past or present. Thankyou!

Also Sherman14 rip to your grandfather Im sure he is watching over you as we speak.

Kentucky_Liberal · 06-06-2009, 06:12 PM

D-day like the poster above said was a sad day of our history but it was needed to beat out the germans.

Also RIP Shermans Grandfather

sherman14 · 06-06-2009, 06:19 PM

Thank All our men and women, past and present that fight for this great Country.

sherman14 · 06-06-2009, 08:34 PM

Get this started people.

lil dog · 06-06-2009, 09:07 PM

devilhorns05 Wrote:D-DAY was a great but extremley sad day in our American history. Without it we may not have been able to defeat Hitler and our country and the world could be different today. So this post of mine is in dedication to all those who lost their lifes that day and that war and for all of our armed forces out their serving us past or present. Thankyou!

Also Sherman14 rip to your grandfather Im sure he is watching over you as we speak.

GREAT POST DH. And thanks to all who have fought and died to make this great country what it is today, thanks to the ones that have served and never fought they are just as important THANKS GUY AND GALS!!!!!!!!!