Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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Most overrated vehicle in history.
I swear I thought this was a German chocolate cake that some little kid poked…
…and then I realized I’d seen it before. At least I got the German part right.
What's the ribbon underneith Babe's jump wings? (On top of his ribbon stack...)
Looks like BSM. He was awarded one for the battle of the bulge if I recall correctly. With Valor device
Doc
The guy on the left has a Silver Star at the top of the rack, guy on the right is a Bronze star.
(edit: they are very clear in the individual pics)
Note the stars on Bill’s cover. The man has attitude.
Pointe Du Hoc (with the monument being out of frame)? I've actually been there. My first trip to Europe, I was staying in Belgium and took a day trip to France and drove all through Normandy Saw all the beaches (especially Omaha) and Pointe Du Hoc.
Thanks for posting all the June 6th pictures. Read Band of Brothers as well as watched the series numerous times. A gentleman who I knew at the gym landed in the first wave at Omaha. He mentioned it was only by God's hand that he survived.
My grandfather as well. IIRC, Eisenhower directed that no veterans of previous beach landings be in the first wave. I think that was in Ambose's "D-Day." He was worried that veterans would be "overly cautious" and others would hold back. I think Dick Winters said they took chances on D-Day they never considered later in the war.
Here’s some from D-Day from my dad’s photo albums from his Air Force Recon Squadron in England.
Who won WW II-Higgins Boats
D day Invasion
7400 KIA and 2400 on Omaha Beach alone
www.wnd.com
D day Invasion
7400 KIA and 2400 on Omaha Beach alone
The expelled student who won D-Day, WWII and saved the world * WorldNetDaily * by Chuck Norris
... Read more
www.wnd.com
John McManus has authored several books on the D-Day invasion as well as the battle for Normandy.
They were following orders. Many of us have done the same albeit with not nearly as much on the line. I'm sure they looked at it like that. They didn't know they were untimely saving the World ...They were just following orders and fighting for their Brothers. And the fact that they were still here years later missing pieces and not sleeping well they probably thought they got a deal. Hero's !!! America is different today.
My grandfather landed 2nd wave. He never said a word about it.
yea more powder , primers , and bullets on there way yea
Great article! Thanks.Who won WW II-Higgins Boats
D day Invasion
7400 KIA and 2400 on Omaha Beach alone
The expelled student who won D-Day, WWII and saved the world * WorldNetDaily * by Chuck Norris
... Read more
I particularly like these quotes:
“In the end, maybe what Andrew Jackson Higgins' life and contributions best show us is that a once-expelled student who became a hothead, cursing, bourbon-loving "normal American with normal struggles" can change the world. And you don't have to be famous or have fortune to do it. You don't even have to leave your own backyard. Most of all, we learn that sometimes the key to success and victory is thinking smaller, not bigger, just as Higgins did with his LCVP boats.
Higgins' life reminds me again of the words of D. L. Moody, who once wrote next to Isaiah 6:8 in his Bible: "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do, and what I ought to do, by the grace of God I will do."”
