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[Love my grandkids]

Today is the 81st anniversary of D Day, Operation Overlord and those who landed and who died on the beaches of Normandy.

Lest we forget.

[Mz iMac]

As long as the movie The Longest Day is still shown on tv you will not forget.

[Junebug54]

I was born the next day.  My dad didn't meet until I was 6 months old.

[Love my grandkids]

@Junebug54   What a joyous day that must have been for him!

[I am still oxox]

My late dad was there 

[Melbalee]

All those great men on the beaches for freedom. My late husbands dad was on Juno beach.

[Mz iMac]

For those interested, the nearly 3 hr movie, The Longest Day is on YouTube........

Copy/paste---> youtube.com/watch?v=maIOQwPZ7-E

[Oznell]

102 year old veteran of that momentous invasion, Jake Larson, chats with service members at the 2025 D-Day Memorial Ceremony in France.

So much is owed to those men of D-Day, living and dead.

[DSD2]

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@Oznell wrote:

102 year old veteran of that momentous invasion, Jake Larson, chats with service members at the 2025 D-Day Memorial Ceremony in France.

So much is owed to those men of D-Day, living and dead.

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@Oznell what a beautiful picture I say, tearing up...

[Etoile308]

Undoubtedly The Greatest Generation.

I was always struck by how their bravery and service to duty overcame what had to have been a truly terrifying landing.

One detail I remember, from a years ago watch documentary, was that many of those that drowned upon exiting their landing craft once submerged had been pulled under by the sheer weight of their backpacks. Tragic.