Most of that generation is gone. Wonder what today would be like if they all were still around?
Remember the fallen on this and all days like it.
Remember the fallen on this and all days like it.
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Oldest living WWII veteran celebrates 111th birthday
Lawrence Brooks, a veteran of the 91st Engineer Battalion, a primarily African-American unit, served during World War II as a servant to three white officers.
www.militarytimes.com 
When the last one is gone, the world will be a poorer place.
If you guys get a chance, go see the D Day museum in New Orleans, walk the quarter but leave before dark! 
Really sad to see France keeping bat bitch regulations in place so many could not attend. These guys need to be celebrated and treated like royality while they are still with us:
www.newsmax.com
www.oann.com
God Bless them all.
Normandy Commemorates D-Day With Small Crowds, But Big Heart
When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.Several ceremonies are scheduled...
www.newsmax.com Residents of Normandy Commemorate 77th Anniversary of D-Day
A small French town in Normandy honors D-Day Veterans nearly 77 years to the day since the decisive world war two military operation.
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Free on YouTube... Still a classic
I learned last weekend while having lunch with a couple of historians that Cornelius Ryan's archive is still available for research. Including something like 3,000 questionnaires and notes from 1000 interviews he sent out/did with D-Day Veterans as he was compiling "The Longest Day." Similar for The Last Battle and A Bridge Too Far. It's one of the greatest primary source records of WW2 extant.
He was an amazing and ground-breaking historian. Who often gets pooh-pooh'd by the ivory tower academic set because he wrote best-sellers. And never even went to college... studying violin as a youth. And was a mere 'journalist.' Jealousy is alive and well in universities. Fact is, the man inspired three generations of historians and made Military History a serious pursuit. Along with Kenneth Roberts, Cornelius Ryan made modern military history a 'thing.'
Some say that everything we see now goes back to that day. I'd be hard-pressed to dispute that.
Sirhr
I learned last weekend while having lunch with a couple of historians that Cornelius Ryan's archive is still available for research. Including something like 3,000 questionnaires and notes from 1000 interviews he sent out/did with D-Day Veterans as he was compiling "The Longest Day." Similar for The Last Battle and A Bridge Too Far. It's one of the greatest primary source records of WW2 extant.
He was an amazing and ground-breaking historian. Who often gets pooh-pooh'd by the ivory tower academic set because he wrote best-sellers. And never even went to college... studying violin as a youth. And was a mere 'journalist.' Jealousy is alive and well in universities. Fact is, the man inspired three generations of historians and made Military History a serious pursuit. Along with Kenneth Roberts, Cornelius Ryan made modern military history a 'thing.'
Some say that everything we see now goes back to that day. I'd be hard-pressed to dispute that.
Sirhr
From my 2016 bike trip... The best experience was the St. Lo breakout cemetery. My Norwich classmate was commandant there. It was basically empty when I went. The two of us walked it for hours. It was far more moving than the Normandy "Bus Tour" cemetery which was not as solemn as it should have been. Too many Chinese bus tour folks trying to find "Private Ryan's" grave... and stomping over anyone from Easy Company headstones... standing on them for selfies. Really. #@*&ing tourists.
Sirhr
Utah was the best... was there at 5 AM. Empty. Beautiful. The bunkers were all still there.
Two French guys clamming. And one guy running a sulkey. An amazing experience.
Motorcycling through Bocage Country was fascinating... the challenges of fighting in Normandy were readily apparent. Especially after almost getting plowed down by tractors at several corners. It would have been terrifying country to fight in. As it was to ride in.
Sirhr
Two French guys clamming. And one guy running a sulkey. An amazing experience.
Motorcycling through Bocage Country was fascinating... the challenges of fighting in Normandy were readily apparent. Especially after almost getting plowed down by tractors at several corners. It would have been terrifying country to fight in. As it was to ride in.
Sirhr
One of the greatest honors of my life was getting to meet someone who was there. Paratrooper.
Thank you for these pictures. My Dad was wounded somewhere near St. Lo. He passed in 1990. Plan to visit there myself soon as travel restrictions ease up.
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My father was 17 when he joined the army during WWII. He was a little late for this battle, but his life was changed forever once he got there. A year in an English hospital and another year at Walter Reed.
That generation was like no other. My uncle (dad's brother) fought mostly in Northern Africa and then he was sent to the Pacific theater. My other uncle was killed in battle. My mom's brother was killed in a train crash going from basic to NY/NJ to be deployed.
I can't imagine today's kids being drafted and fighting like those guys. I miss my dad, but he never spoke about the war. My uncle told me not to ask him about what he saw or what he did. My dad became a saved Christian after coming home.
That generation was like no other. My uncle (dad's brother) fought mostly in Northern Africa and then he was sent to the Pacific theater. My other uncle was killed in battle. My mom's brother was killed in a train crash going from basic to NY/NJ to be deployed.
I can't imagine today's kids being drafted and fighting like those guys. I miss my dad, but he never spoke about the war. My uncle told me not to ask him about what he saw or what he did. My dad became a saved Christian after coming home.
Like watching the Japanese at the Arizona, eh?
A relative on my Mom's side. Her uncle was KIA in WWII. Prior to the war, he was an accomplished trick rider who rode with famous Hollywood cowboys at the old Will Rogers Stables in Palm Springs, CA, may have been an extra in old western movies, and was good friends with Tex Ritter.
One of him
Battles he fought in
One of him
Battles he fought in
