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Title: June 6, 1944
Post by: txradioguy on June 06, 2013, 07:15:49 AM: (http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pImages/bn-review/2009/1102/dday_af.jpg)

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!

Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

-- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Undies on June 06, 2013, 07:19:38 AM: God Bless those soon-to-be-forgotten heroes.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: txradioguy on June 06, 2013, 07:25:20 AM: Quote from: Undies on June 06, 2013, 07:19:38 AM
God Bless those soon-to-be-forgotten heroes.

Amen!
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Splashdown on June 06, 2013, 07:29:40 AM: "We were young when we went over there, but we came back old men."

D-Day Vet: We made a difference (http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/06/d_day_vet_we_made_a_difference)

God bless our vets.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 06, 2013, 09:17:03 AM: D-Day helped bring about the collapse of Nazis Germany. God bless our veterans.
:usflag: :salutearmy: :saluteaf: :saluteusmc: :salutenavy: :taps:
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: marv on June 06, 2013, 09:33:21 AM: Some American soldiers are still there...

(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/images/France.jpg)
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: CG6468 on June 06, 2013, 09:58:57 AM: Some KIA, others dead now, but they will never be forgotten by true United States patriots.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: txradioguy on June 06, 2013, 10:16:47 AM: Rangers lead the way!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I[/youtube]
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Gina on June 06, 2013, 10:29:50 AM: Amazing men. I am so thankful they were there for us and our country. I still can not believe the balls they had. The opening scene of Saving PVT Ryan on the beach just makes me want to throw up. God Bless them.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Hathcock on June 06, 2013, 01:22:21 PM: I'm ashamed of my generation. They sit around only focusing on pop culture and their own selfish needs. My grandfather's generation exemplified honor, integrity, accountability, pride, and patriotism. These things have no meaning in society anymore.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Gina on June 06, 2013, 01:36:16 PM: Quote from: Hathcock on June 06, 2013, 01:22:21 PM
I'm ashamed of my generation. They sit around only focusing on pop culture and their own selfish needs. My grandfather's generation exemplified honor, integrity, accountability, pride, and patriotism. These things have no meaning in society anymore.

Word. The 60's ruined our nation.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: J P Sousa on June 06, 2013, 01:37:32 PM: Excerpt from
Gen. Patton's Speech (PROFANITY-Complete and uncensored) June 5, 1944

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......... "When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a German will get to him eventually. The hell with that idea. The hell with taking it. My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either. We'll win this war, but we'll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans that we've got more guts than they have; or ever will have. We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we're going to rip out their living *******ed guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun ****suckers by the bushel-*******-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the dirt off your face and realize that instead of dirt it's the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you'll know what to do!" ...........

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1640613/posts

http://www.bob-west.com/PATTON-SPEECH.html

Gen Patton was a Marine at heart.
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Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: txradioguy on June 06, 2013, 01:38:44 PM: Quote from: Gina on June 06, 2013, 01:36:16 PM
Word. The 60's ruined our nation.

The war protesters sobered up...got their degrees put on Brooks Brothers and Prada and instead of calling them hippies and draft dodger we call them Senator...Congressman...your honor and Mr. President.

:thatsright:
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: FlaGator on June 06, 2013, 01:49:52 PM: The date when Germany lost the war.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Hathcock on June 06, 2013, 01:55:45 PM: Quote from: txradioguy on June 06, 2013, 01:38:44 PM
The war protesters sobered up...got their degrees put on Brooks Brothers and Prada and instead of calling them hippies and draft dodger we call them Senator...Congressman...your honor and Mr. President.

:thatsright:

Or they're teaching at your nearest university telling your kids what to think. :banghead:
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Eupher on June 06, 2013, 02:08:40 PM: Quote from: Hathcock on June 06, 2013, 01:22:21 PM
I'm ashamed of my generation. They sit around only focusing on pop culture and their own selfish needs. My grandfather's generation exemplified honor, integrity, accountability, pride, and patriotism. These things have no meaning in society anymore.

They're not all complete turds. That young man who tore up his "approved" valedictorian speech and recited the Lord's Prayer has what it takes.

My niece was a complete twit until she had a baby. Then she understood -- finally -- that life is more than what encircles her aura of peachiness. She got with the program and is a fine young woman now.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: Hathcock on June 06, 2013, 02:19:31 PM: True, I'm teaching my kids there are things worth fighting for and that values show the real value of a person, not what they've bought.
Title: Re: June 6, 1944
Post by: CG6468 on June 06, 2013, 02:52:57 PM: Quote from: Eupher on June 06, 2013, 02:08:40 PM
They're not all complete turds. That young man who tore up his "approved" valedictorian speech and recited the Lord's Prayer has what it takes.

ABSOLUTELY!!!!