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D-Day, June 6, 1944
"General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. "Full victory -
nothing else" to paratroopers in England on June 6, 1944, just before
they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the
invasion of the continent of Europe. All of the men with General
Eisenhower are members of Company E, 502d."
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"U.S. Rangers on a troop ship in an English port waiting for the signal
to sail to the coast of Normandy. Clockwise, starting from far left, is
First Sergeant Sandy Martin, who was killed during the landing,
Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Markovich, Corporal John Loshiavo, and at
bottom, Private First Class Frank E. Lockwood."
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"While under attack of heavy machine gun fire from the German coastal
defense forces, American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S.
Coast Guard landing craft, during the Allied landing operations at
Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944."
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"...June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied
forces took the fight to the Axis powers in many locations across
Western Europe."
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"Some of the first assault troops to hit the beachhead in Normandy,
France take cover behind enemy obstacles to fire on German forces as
others follow the first tanks plunging through the water towards the
German-held shore on June 6, 1944." (When my husband was in the Army Reserve (1950's), he served with a Sargent, who survived this, as he said; "by running behind a tank.")
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"...on D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history took place.
Nearly 200,000 Allied troops boarded 7,000 ships and more than 3,000
aircraft and headed toward Normandy."
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"American soldiers on Omaha Beach recover the dead after the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of France."
"Members of an American landing party help others whose landing craft was
sunk by enemy action of the coast of France. These survivors reached
Omaha Beach by using a life raft on June 6, 1944."
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"American soldiers on Omaha Beach recover the dead after the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of France."
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"American dead lie in a French field, a short distance from the allied beachhead in France on June 20, 1944."
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All gave some,
Some gave all.
Thank you.
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8 comments:
... Thank you !!!
Such a touching post, dearie, blessed be !
Hope your week is off to a good start I'm sending my dearest love to you, sweetest Tessa
Xx Dany
Tessa, Thank you for this tribute. Those are amazing photos. Thank your husband for serving our country too. I know my father served, but I know nothing of where...he never talked about to us kids. Bless you, xoxo, Susie
Yesterday i saw a Movie, the Pianist. It is important that we remember the History.
lovely Greetings :)
Wow, thank you for such a powerful post! Like 'LoveT said, it is important that we remember our History. My dad was in the Navy, I have a brother who is in the Army and a brother in Law who also served in the Navy as a jet pilot. Memorial Day is very important to me.
Have a great week
Saimi
Thank you for the bit of history today, Tessa. It was interesting to read about.
~Sheri
Such a nice tribute..my husband is watching the movie, IKE, as we speak....
This is a wonderful tribute. My grandfather served but did not like to talk about it.
Amalia
xo
What a wonderful tribute, Tessa. My uncle landed on the beach in Normandy that day. He would never speak about it. I understand why. So horrific that day... Thank you for remembering. ♥
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