🇺🇸Remembering D-Day June 6, 1944🇺🇸

newziesuzie · ‎02-21-2014

Sharing a Facebook post I saw today.

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"June 6, 1944 - The D-Day invasion involved 5,000 ships carrying men and vehicles across the English Channel as well as 800 planes dropping over 13,000 men in parachutes.

A further 300 planes dropped bombs on German troops defending the beaches. Over 100,000 Allied troops made it to shore that day.

Today, remember the allied casualties (killed, wounded, missing, or captured).

They are estimated at approximately 10,000.

These comprised: United States - 6,603, of which 2,499 were fatal. The United Kingdom - 2,700. Canada - 1,074, of which 359 were fatal.

And casualties continued the next day when encountering the hedgerows. May they rest in peace.

Makes our little daily-life complaints so trite.

We give thanks to those who served and continue to serve this country."

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D-Day

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Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

True, they fought bravely.

Sad thing is, ask any 20 or 30 something what happened on this date, and most likely, you'll get a blank stare back.

Winkk · ‎03-15-2010

So many of our soldiers died there. The further we get from the date fewer and fewer people will remember. There are very few people around anymore that remember WW1 and that was a tough war. But, all wars are tough.

DoneTryin · ‎03-09-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
True, they fought bravely.

Sad thing is, ask any 20 or 30 something what happened on this date, and most likely, you'll get a blank stare back.

They'd know if they ever saw Saving Private Ryan.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@DoneTryin wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
True, they fought bravely.

Sad thing is, ask any 20 or 30 something what happened on this date, and most likely, you'll get a blank stare back.
They'd know if they ever saw Saving Private Ryan.

Maybe.

It's possible that they could have seen the movie, and still not correctly recall what important event happened on this date in 1944.

seehorse · ‎03-09-2010

Thank you for remembering.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

That day in 1944 and the ensuing fights till the end of World War II, gave us the liberty and freedoms every American has today. Most of the brave men who died in that war were teenagers, and the willingly signed up to serve and protect our country, and way too many never returned.

I have too many instances were supposedly well educated college students do not even know what countries the United States fought during that war. That leads me to believe they either do not know or care very little about the many that died, probably younger than themselves, for the freedoms they now enjoy.

Also be aware the numbers of those living WWII Veterans is getting smaller by the day. Around 1,000 of these Veterans are dying everyday and before long they will be completely forgotten, but hopefully their history will be part of a mandatory curriculum in all of our public and private schools?

NEVER FORGET

hckynut(john)

MaggieMack · ‎10-01-2014

@newziesuzie, yes, thank you for posting this.

My dad, who served in WWII had a friend who was in the second wave that landed, a medic. The stories he told about what they found upon landing were heartbreaking. Such brave men, one and all. God rest their souls.

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jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
True, they fought bravely.

Sad thing is, ask any 20 or 30 something what happened on this date, and most likely, you'll get a blank stare back.

those events happened 70+ years ago, no reason to cast blame or think less of a 20 year old kid because of their age

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@jackthebear wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
True, they fought bravely.

Sad thing is, ask any 20 or 30 something what happened on this date, and most likely, you'll get a blank stare back.
those events happened 70+ years ago, no reason to cast blame or think less of a 20 year old kid because of their age

I'm not casting blame or think less of a 20 year old because of their age.

But, if you don't believe what I say is true, then just ask any20 - 30 year old what happened on this date in 1944, and see what you get in response.

You may be in for a heartbreaking shock.