66 years ago today

[roadrunner]

I agree with everything said please take the time to look at these photo's

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...mandy-beaches/

[mhall]

I agree with everything said please take the time to look at these photo's

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...mandy-beaches/

Thanks roadrunner, that was an awesome link. Those pics were pricless.

[RoadToad]

I agree with everything said please take the time to look at these photo's

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...mandy-beaches/

Those are fantastic! The ones taken from the open bow doors of the landing craft especially, gave me chills. For a lot of guys, that's the last thing they saw in this life.

It's a real shame most of the video tape taken that day got dropped into the Channel.

[roadrunner]

The one that got me were the paratroopers who were going into harms way and the uniform is neat and the shoes spit shined. What a generation they were indeed.

[kygorski]

Again, we forgot, Italy, and north africa were invaded by our soldiers before normandy, we lost a lot of fine young men in those two countrys. We also lost a lot merchant marines right off the coast of north carolina. My son in laws father was one of those paratroops that were dropped, he was wounded and captured, why were they the greatest generation? Maybe selective service had a hand in it, everyone was on call, and not many shirked their duty. Because we believed it was a just cause.