First, a message from the White House:
“In the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, American and Allied forces stormed a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France, winning a crucial victory that turned the tide of World War II and changed the course of history. The largest amphibious invasion in history—Operation Overlord—was achieved through meticulous planning, utilizing 13,000 aircraft and gliders, 23,400 paratroopers, 5,000 ships and landing craft, and roughly 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops.
By nightfall, the valiance and intrepidity of the Allied soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and merchant mariners had carried the day, establishing beachheads on all five of the landing beaches – Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold, and Juno. This victory, though, was achieved at great cost. More than 9,000 Allied service members were killed or wounded that day, to ensure that freedom would once again prevail over the European continent.
On the 81st anniversary of D-day, we pause to pay homage to the warfighters whose indescribable valor, fierce determination, and unwavering patriotism delivered this pivotal victory for the global cause of freedom. The monumental victory forged on land, at sea, and in the skies of Normandy led to the liberation of Europe, the defeat of the evil Nazi regime, and the preservation of democracy.
We are grateful for those young men who answered their nations’ calls and faced the carnage of war in order to defeat tyranny—and we are eternally indebted to the souls who gave their lives in this noble struggle. It is our solemn obligation to remember their heroic stories, honor their sacrifices, and ensure that the freedom for which they died for may never again be in peril.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in Normandy, France, marking the 81st anniversary of D-Day. He’s attending events at the Normandy American Cemetery and Utah Beach, along with leaders from NATO and other countries. Hegseth is also speaking at a NATO defense meeting in Brussels, where he’s stressing the need for member nations to invest 5% of their GDP in defense.
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May we prove worthy of the freedoms those who died to gain it for us would have expected from us.
May we again become worthy of these who sacrificed all. Right now I judge us, nationally, still unworthy.
… and now TPTB are giving away the lands and nations of old Europe to a different kind of invader … an invader who is given welfare to accomplish his horrific goals to destroy Western Civilization … and especially to destroy Christianity.
The same cancer has reached The New World. The hour is late.
Christianity, if you do deep research, has ALWAYS been the target!!!
agreeance … with the exception that it doesn’t need “deep” research, it is obvious IMHO.
But I hear watcher sayin’
If the Globalists-Neocons who hold the D-Day sacrifices in such low esteem are expecting it to all be forgotten, they should have another thing coming! They and the lackey media (including the “Wall Street Journal) expect it to be “no big deal” – another D-Day anniversary – the 81st now – who remains? What power do they have? They aren’t a “voting bloc” to impede the aims of the Globalist-Neocon agenda.
The thing is that the Globalists are banking on all that being forgotten but there ARE people still on the planet who DO remember! The Globalist-Neocons reveal themselves to be such useless, selfish people, why should ANYONE listen to them or vote for them?
They are not worth wasting my spittle on!
Yes, they are!
Some veterans are abandoned.
Volunteering time with them since I was a teen taught me a lot about the good war.
I also learned about peace, freedom, love, hate, loss, God, family, addiction, abuse, and the enemy within.
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114608606195747467
Checking On Vets Around Memorial Day
https://rumble.com/v6tymet-real-america-dan-ball-w-michael-carmichael-checking-on-vets-around-memorial.html
We will never have another generation like that ever again.. Most of the people today are only concerned about one thing, THEMSELVES.
OTOH, if a POTUS of the USA began conscription for a war that sent them Ukraine to fight Russia, would you encourage your son and/or daughter to join before drafted?
I’d do all I could to prevent a kid or grandkid of mine from joining the military or allowing himself to be drafted for that war.
I’m now old enough and wise enough to know it’s not about protecting the Constitution or freedom–it would be to serve the oligarchs, yes, the oligarchs.
There is NO comparison between WWII and zelenskii’s little skirmish with Russia….
Yet. Let’s hope and pray never.
Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Two weeks later, the USSR invaded Poland from the other side and split Poland down the middle. The USSR ended up giving one of it’s Republics, the Ukraine, a large chunk of Poland that it had stolen and the Ukraine has never returned it.
You’re right about WWII and the Ukrainian War not being comparable but the Ukrainian Nazis are utilizing resources that rightfully belong to Poland in fighting Russia.
Interesting all the same.
Yes, if I had a son or grandson, I would endeavor to keep him out of the Globalist-Neocon “games” – the Globalist-Neocons absolutely love to whip up patriotic fervor which they hope will enable them to launch an attack on a “rogue nation”.
They are banking on no one remembering America getting their chestnuts out of the fire in WWII and that somehow Ukraine under the current leadership is like Poland or Czechoslovakia in WWII.
We who had men in WWII (and WWI, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War) do not have an appetite for the callous use of our “blood and treasure” . . . and love of our country!
GFY!
Never Ever 4 get the Vietnam fiasco!! Men killed for nada!!!
55,000 of our Brave Men died fighting a war we should have never been involved in…
No more blood and treasure to enrich evil men.
Same. I’ve already told my grandsons – DO NOT JOIN THE MILITARY. And BTW, do not go to college either.
If there was a draft here? I’d be doing illegal things to keep my grandkids out of the clutches of the government because currently, the government is evil.
True… The Guys that fought and won WWII had big balls…
On D-Day, My Dad landed on Utah Beach… He was in the 359th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Division…
When the 90th landed on Utah Beach, it had a compliment of 19,000 Men… The 90th fought their way across France and joined Patton’s Army for the Battle of the Bulge… When the 90th joined up with Patton’s Army it had a compliment of only 6,000, having lost 12,000 Men to German fire…
Thank you for your dad’s service and commitment to freedom. My dad was a WWII Vet, also, did not speak of it much. I know he was on Iwo Jima. The WWII Vets, those who survived when their friends did not, came home rebuilt America and raised families. Never forget. It is so easy to forget because of the horrors and so hard to remember for the same reason.
Katie, the Guys that were over there and fought the war for us, did not speak about the war.. I found out about the 359th Infantry Regiment due to a documentary of events the 359th went through after they hit Utah Beach… My Father never spoke of it… The documentary is posted online… don’t have a link, but if you search for “359th Infantry Regiment”, it is still available.
That is still true today… as recent Vets that were involved in Viet Nam and the Iran wars just don’t talk about what they went through…
When you hear some guy bragging about what he did in “Nam”, he most likely was never there, is just guilty of “Stolen Valor”…
that is exactly how America was until we sent the boys to Africa in WWII….it all goes in cycles….
There are some young people coming up now who may surprise you!
we WILL have another generation just like them. War World II will not be the last great war. We are at war right now.
stage 4, revolution: transfer of power.
it gets very very ugly after this stage.
be unafraid …we have great lessons of honor and courage to depend on.
and most importantly, we have a righteous cause that will be our way to restoring law and order again in this world.
God Bless America
No, there are good young men (and young women) still around. Maybe there are not as many as there once were but they are still out there. They might be keeping their heads down now. Many won’t even know they are capable of. But when the need arises they will show up. We don’t deserve them or the sacrifices they are willing to make. They rarely get the recognition they have earned. They NEVER get the support they should. But they will show up anyway. They always do.
The best young men can’t help it but to show up when the need is great. It is why we owe it to them not to foolishly send them into harm’s way for stupid reasons.
If only we could remember God first, we will win.
AMEN
AMEN!!!
Truth may or may not have to remember to win, but pretenders may have no choice.
You can’t forget God if God is always with you, but I’m not a credentialed expert.
You may need paperwork approved by the credentials department to win.
Winning requires authorization by the freedom department first.
The freedom dept. cancels common sense without a mask.
In God We Trust – 86J13
https://revolver.news/2025/05/update-j13-quietly-disappears/
Repost…
Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not TEACH history intend to repeat it.
Ask the younger generations what occurred on 6, 1944, I doubt one would get anything but puzzled looks and wrong answers.
Time to address this issue now.
Happy Birthday, Secretary Hegseth.
How fitting for you to speak on this day of remembrance.
Ask the younger generations what occurred on 6, 1944, I doubt one would get anything but puzzled looks and wrong answers.
Time to address this issue now.
Well, we DO have something called a “school system”
We could frikkin’ USE it
But we don’t, nim.
Parents who leave the teaching of history of those who censor it do their offspring a terrible disservice.
The “history” taught in schools now is revised to be politically correct and to hide from the public what really happened…
If you want to read REAL history, find yourself some high school History texts from the late 50’s or earlier..
My gut instinct is to hang onto old hard copies of books, or all books – hard copies.
I’m a former teacher, and I can attest that most schools don’t focus on history any longer. That went by the wayside when schools lumped history, geography, civics, etc. into “Social Studies.” From that point on, history took a backseat. This was an enormous error – forced, or unforced, I’ll leave that up to each of you. You can judge by the results.
I always quizzed my three grands nearest to us for whom I was in loco parentis (parents working) from the time they were in pre school about what they were learning. Especially as they reached high school as to history.
Their teachers hit the high points but never were able to focus on one era long enough. My twin grandsons now at university are taking history courses as electives, and I am encouraged by this. I wish they had teachers who could have generated some enthusiasm for the subject.
I posted earlier that we gave them our treasured set of the 26 episode British masterpiece “World at War” when they were 10 and 13. A truly remarkable production which filled in a lot of the blanks so necessary to understand our modern era and the direction to which we are appallingly being driven, those terrible times hardly getting a look in in their classes.
But in the end I believe this below to be true…
An awful shame.
I keep on finding brand new copies of “Victory At Sea” in the aisle bins by “Electronics” at Walmart for $5 or less … all 26 episodes on 2 or 3 DVDs. I probably still have 1 or 2 unopened copies floating around somewhere.
They’re worth owning for the Richard Rogers music all by themselves.
How funny you should mention this…my local classical station played that music today in remembrance of D-Day.
And I’d agree. The music was spectacular, as all his was.
Or eliminate it and homeschool!!!
Google doesn’t want any young person to learn of it either. They have not even commemoated it in their Google Doodle. Of course, maybe their Doodles are assigned to an Indian team, and perhaps they don’t know any more about it than our uneducated masses.
As with Easter, TL.
As in Ishtar…
Alexander Hislop was wrong.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful, but true…
Look up Emperor Constantine’s Nicene Council of about 330AD, and see for yourself.
When I booted up my Google screen today I was informed it is “National Donut Day”.
Me too!
maybe their Doodles are assigned to an Indian team
dot, not feather
just to put a fine point on it
Ask the older generations how The Good War occurred.
They may tell you about The War To End Wars.
Some wars are more equal than others.
Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath
“Held within the vault of the Hoover Institution for decades. Made available to scholars and others for the first time in 2011, nearly half a century after Hoover’s death. Freedom Betrayed, presents the former president’s thoughts on America’s involvement in World War II and his reasons for believing that American leadership failed miserably in postwar diplomacy.”
Absolutely great presentation, thank you Sundance and team !!!
Helps me see the essential, admire men’s courage and God’s grace.
Even WW 2 was avoidable. Some Euros wanted to be friends with A. Hitler.
Still don’t know the truth of Roosevelt.
FDR was a communist sympathizer, as was his wife Eleanor who traveled to Moscow many times to “visit” Joe Stalin…
FDR was also very friendly with Adolph Hitler and because of that friendship, kept the USA out of the war for two years even though German U boats were sinking millions of tons of our shipping…
After WWII ended, General Patton made the statement that we (the USA) should have been helping Germany defeat the communists… Two weeks later, he died after a single car vehicle accident…
Nope, you won’t find this in today’s revised “history” which has been “cleaned up” to keep today’s folks from knowing what really went on…
A bit overly simplified, miss directed and lightly brushed me thinks.
Yes, it is “smiplified”… to tell it in detail would use much more space than is available here…
BINGO!
The British “Royal Family” are Germans…
England was great until 1066.
My grampa, his brother the glider pilot, and my uncle his brother in law the medic, all survived, and carried their memories till they died. My uncle the glider pilot till the 1969s, my grampa till the 1980s, my uncle the medic, till I came across his handwritten memoirs recently. They are difficult to read, I love those 3.
My Grandfather was a CB, stationed in Cherbourg with the 114th battalion. He was a frogman, and blew up the X looking things that were designed to destroy landing craft on Utah beach, among other things. He taught me to scuba dive when I was 8, and I still have his deer rifle, a k98 Mauser he liberated from the sniper that was no longer using it. He was an example of that generation and spoke very seldom of his service. I think of him every June 6.
Many thanks for sharing his story. When my uncle, a big burly man’s man, was in his early 90s, I learned that he liberated a concentration camp & he could barely hold back his tears. He died shorty afterwards and I wish I’d had the opportunity to hear & document his story.
My Father road a glider over the channel, on that 6/6/44. A 17 year old Airborne Ranger, with the 82nd Airborne. It was his first action. His glider was set fire by German antiaircraft fire, but he was able to jump as the glider went down in flames, and he landed miles behind German lines. Took him five days to make it back to the Allied side, alone. He would celebrate his 18th birthday six weeks later somewhere in France, heading to Germany, via the Battle Of The Bulge, and was with Patton, at the liberation of Buchenwald.
Dad, made the Army his career. So was one of the first Soldiers into Korea, where his legs were severely burned by phosphor. He spent a month in Japan recuperating, and then sent back to Korea, to finish out the the war.
In 1955 he was sent to Germany. He was able to take us, his family, but we seldom saw him, because he spent pretty much the entire time we were there patrolling the boarder between East and West Germany staring down Soviet tanks, and helping refugees fleeing communism.
At the end of his career with the Army, he was senior Sergeant Major of the 1st Infantry Division, with which he rotated to Vietnam in 1964. Finishing up his service as it began, fighting our nation’s enemies on the battlefield.
Complications of his wounds received in Korea, took his life at age 50.
Gone too soon. My uncle was with Patton in the Liberation of Buchenwald and my father patrolled the border along East Germany in 55.
Thank God that such men existed & that they were ours.
AMEN – It so hard to remember. Thanks to everyone for sharing. My dad was a “cryptographer” coding and decoding messages. I remember he was on Iwo Jima for quite a while during WWII. May we never see such again – too many young lives lost too soon, with too much grief as a Nation. Never forget.
If you have never served, you can not understand the undying honor and solemn respect these young men who gave all get from fellow servicemen.
Watch the films of the invasion, and try and put yourself in their boots that morning. You wanna talk about unbelievable courage!
Those young men came out of those boats and moved forward while bullets are going all around them. Can you imagine the terror of those landings. A lot of men laid all they had that day. They did not return. That is why we don’t all speak German!
My guts get tied in knots just thinking what Bravery and love of Country those young men showed.
I have to stop, I think I have some dust blowing in my eyes.
My brothers who gave all we owe you so much.
I’ve often looked at the pictures of these young heroes and wondered what was going through their minds.
We recently had the privilege of visiting Normandy France. When you see the beaches that our military landed (we went to Utah & Omaha beaches) – it’s remarkable that ANYONE survived. We went inside the bunkers where the Germans hid too. Our tour guide kept most of his opinions to himself but did say that he thought it was disrespectful that some homes had been built along the beach. It does strike me as sorta creepy – I would not live there. He definitely felt that it was a sacred place.
Once our servicemen made it past the Germans shooting at them on the beach, and made it up the cliffs, you can see the countryside: farmlands and fields bordered with trees and bushes where more German soldiers were hiding to ambush the men that made it that far. Can you imagine??? Many of the homes/farms still fly the Stars and Stripes along with the French flag. I felt like in that part of France, they still respect and honor the sacrifices that the Americans made for them. That made me feel good – that those men who died were appreciated and NOT forgotten.
We then went to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. This was the location where scenes of Saving Private Ryan were filmed. Reading some of the headstones was heartbreaking – the were so YOUNG! Our French tour guide was extremely respectful explaining the grounds: 172 acres, over 9,000 gravesites including over 300 unknowns. There is also a wall dedicated to the
When I came home, I was telling friends about my experiences. War is an awful thing – but those French people were so incredibly appreciative knowing that we were there to save them. Otherwise, they’d be speaking German today. It’s really a shame that a lot of France (politicians & religious leaders) have let these ideals fade and have allowed their country to be changed so drastically with uncontrolled illegal migration. When I see the riots & mayhem in placed like Paris or some the churches throughout the country vandalized, I wonder who the hell is letting this happen to such a beautiful country??????Rhetorical question – I know.
Beyond the warfighters, the contributions and sacrifices of everyday citizens of this great Republic are remembered.
Last month I was researching and refreshing myself on one tiny aspect of that, the contributions of Jackie Cochran and what was later known as the WASPs.
I still have my mother’s union machinist card from Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego where she installed cockpit instruments in B24’s, and on the weekends she and numerous other young ladies entertained and danced with service personnel at the USO there.
Dad was somewhere in Italy at the time of D-day with General Clark.
God bless. I remember.
The women of this Country were just as brave as the men back then.
Yes… a lot them kissed their husbands goodbye and never saw them again…
My Dad and 4 of his brothers all joined the US Military…
My Dad and one of my uncles were in Army Infantry, one uncle in Army Artillery, one uncle in the US Army Air Corp… He flew a P-38 (the japanese called the P-38 the “twin tailed devil”) in the South Pacific, my youngest uncle was a US Marine and fought in the South Pacific.
They all came home after the War…
My MIL was one of the Rosie the Riveters!
My Mother worked in a facility at Camp Howze, Texas that refurbished B-17 Bombers that were damaged when bombing Germany… The damaged Bombers were patched up enough to fly back over here to be repaired/refurbished…
The WASPs you mention flew the damaged Bombers over here and flew the refurbished Bombers back to Europe to resume their missions of bombing the Germans out of existence…
a little north of Normandy
no disrepect intended, my Dad went ashore there and ended up in the Ardennes
I just stumbled on this and thought it interesting
Could You Handle the Cold? Soviet WWII Winter Uniform #shorts #history #ww2 #reenactment #winter
exactly the cold-weather “shell-and-layers” dressing strategy merchandised by North Face and Columbia and Nike sports clothing companies today
it didn’t come from nowhere
Am humbled that the ‘merchant mariners’ are mentioned and remembered amongst the other well known and revered hero’s of that day. Thank you Mr. President…and to all who participated.
The devastation and loss of life in the merchant marine at that time was unprecedented. Given the state of our merchant marine today, I think it’s healthy that we remember both those who gave that full and final measure of devotion as well as those who accept the risks of the high seas today in uncertain times.
One can view that documentary that was playing on a prior page for one aspect, the Mulberry Harbours at Normandy, and compare to the debacle with the same mission during Brandon at Gaza.
A friend’s son is now a grad of USMMA, like his dad and his dad before him, (I expect the babe will travel in those footsteps)…working mostly foreign flag vessels now.
Brave Search on the great shipbuilders and Liberty Ships…and speed with which they were built, notably the first one was named SS Patrick Henry.
During World War II, Liberty Ships were mass-produced cargo ships built by the United States to replace losses due to U-boat attacks. Initially, it took about 230 days to build a Liberty Ship, but by 1943, the median production time per ship dropped to 39 days.
These ships were designed to be cheap and quick to build, with welding replacing much of the traditional riveting, which reduced labor costs. However, early Liberty ships suffered from brittle fractures due to the use of welding and the materials used, leading to almost 1500 instances of significant brittle fractures and nineteen ships breaking in half without warning.
Liberty Ships were built in 18 shipyards across 13 states by 15 companies. The first Liberty Ship, SS Patrick Henry, was launched on September 27, 1941, after 244 days of construction.37 By the end of 1943, the average construction time had decreased to less than 50 days, and around 0.5 million labor hours.
One notable achievement was the construction of the SS Robert E. Peary, which was built in just 4 days, 15 hours, and 29 minutes.3 This rapid construction was possible through the use of prefabricated sections and assembly-line techniques.
Yeah, we won’t talk of FJB at Gaza.
From his very early merchant marine days, my dad told stories of watching torpedo’s slide by the bow of the ship (any ship, he was on a few) he was on. As a youngin’…he thought it was cool to watch…the perceptions of youthful immortality.
Thank you for sharing a very interesting and inspiring comment!
Henry Kaiser
Thank you so much, Sundance, for posting this – and of course, thank you President Trump for this!
The dear wonderful men who made that success happen must not ever be forgotten!
All those men dead so that Europe could hand itself over to muslim invaders a couple of generations later.
very saad……Lulu
Our American Treasure…
Plus the EU “leadership” wants to gin up war fervor to attack Russia!
…with their Nazi Allies, no less.
In the summer of 1970, as a kid, I stood for a photo in a shell hole of a German concrete coastal bunker that had been heavily bombarded by allied naval ships. I am grateful to my late father, a Korean War vet from the Bronx, NY who ensured that I will always remember what happened on D-Day (among other battles and wars).
For a 6th grade history project, I built a diorama of the D-Day beach landing, complete with tanks made from clay and a tall cliff, fashioned from chicken wire and papier mache. The whole thing was mounted on a big piece of plywood that my mother and I slid into the “wayback” of our Oldsmobile station wagon for the trip to school and back. My teacher and the other students probably thought I wasn’t quite right in the head. 😄
My father and uncles, who were all over the place during the war, from North Africa to Europe to the Island Campaigns in the Pacific, largely never talked about the war. At all. I know for a fact my dad never touched a gun again in his life. I did, plenty, but he never did. Never talked about them, never shared anything at all related to the war. I only found some stuff out later after he died in his letters home that my mother saved.
Glad you had a different, and more open, experience.
If often wondered as a kid, with my first car being a ’39 Dodge, what it did during the war. Never found out. We were a country of citizens on a mission. I doubt that focus will ever exist again. I hope and pray the death and destruction never does either.
Secretary Hegseth should tell the crowd that, after 81 years, it’s time for Western Europeans to take back full responsibility for their own defense. Then, Secy. Hegseth can walk down to the beach, climb aboard an old Higgins Boat and head back across the Channel.
I knew my father served in the Army in WWII. However, I never knew what he did because he never talked about it, and I never asked. He died from cancer when he was 49 and I was 18. I was going through his things and came across this photo of him. On the back was written “Omaha Beach D+4”
Thank you for sharing this. It is very much appreciated.
Yes! And a tin cup with a toothbrush.
God Bless you and your family Ms. Myers.
That’s a wonderful photo!
BLESSINGS
Those were Terrible and Horific times…sometimes best to leave them spoken only to The LORD for HE is The Only One to Heal and Comfort…
Again, BLESSINGS
“Omaha Beach D+4”
Things had quieted down enough to pitch a reasonably comfortable campsite and settle in for some rest
Remember the Boys of Pointe du Hoc.
God Bless!
This map shows both shores of the Channel, but it might not be as accurate as other maps available.
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I imagine, when seeing the 101st and D-day, thousands of humans in gliders being towed by C47’s into enemy territory at zero dark thirty to an unknown fate. The reality of that. Sobering. They made the sacrifices so we, whether safe at home or yet unborn, would be spared.
We may, and I posit likely will, face a similar challenge in my lifetime, and we won’t be safe at home. In that, I’m reminded of the Ukraine and Russia I knew, the people, and what their lives are like today, right now. That’s something we’ve not yet faced on CONUS in modern times, direct kinetic action from a foreign aggressor.
Other than the ones pouring in now!
From my readings regarding future battles it will be a swirling battle — no battle lines or fox holes will be of any use in WWIII.
My brother served as a Screaming Eagle Airborne Ranger.
I don’t think the next war will be much similar. No need for airborne any more. We have drones now.
My mama said many airborne were shot down before they hit the ground. I don’t know if she got that right or not.
I recently saw a video of soldiers shooting down drones with shotguns.
My dad waded onto Omaha Beach on D-Day + 2. He never talked much about it until he was much older, and I was researching for a middle-grade novel I was writing about his experience in Rennes, France with the 127th General Hospital. He said there were still bodies floating in the water as he waded ashore.
He died 6 months short of his 100th birthday, and I miss him every day.
These men were truly “The Greatest Generation!” Patriots all.
No they did not talk about it…
Band of Brothers Marathon!!
my uncle was there – early.
U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
pre-war in Alaska, then England,
then D-Day in France, then Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
difficult person to get to know.
as a child, i thought he was a hard man.
only decades later did i begin to consider that his service, spanning pre-WW2 to the very end in ’45,
might have shaped who he was in a significant way.
he was certainly an adventurer, a personality type which probably accounted for his multiple,
but closely guarded, combat medals.
he never spoke of his time in the military as far as i know.
his mother, my grandmother, would only say how difficult it was not knowing where he was or what he was doing,
double that, as she had TWO sons in service.
the good news is with a second marriage, Uncle found happiness for many years after the war,
and lived to nearly 96 surrounded by his adoptive family.
when i think about the boys
(and that’s always how my Dad and Uncle always referred to them) and men of D-Day,
and about the men who liberated the camps,
and about the men of the Bataan Death March
(which hit my parent’s neighborhood VERY hard),
and about all those who perished and all those who survived,
i wonder how many of those men remained enigmas even to their families.
i cannot say i understand how they did it, how could anyone who wasn’t there?
even my Dad would only say “those boys had a tough time of it”
when asked about any particular aspect of the war
(like my Dad didn’t? 🥲)
we always acknowledged D-Day in our house,
and with a solemn nod of the head no more needed to be said.
my thanks and admiration to them all.
may all the blessings of Heaven be yours,
you have earned your rest.
I remember learning about D-Day in school many years ago. In 2000, we visited Omaha Beach as tourists. I was absolutely amazed at how narrow Omaha Beach was.
On D-Day, the soldiers jumped into the water, ran onto the beach, and then had to start CLIMBING THE CLIFFS! A nearly impossible feat! I am humbled at their courage.
It is good to see our military strength being restored, after all the damage 0bama & company did to it. Don’t know if we will ever see the kind of strength & toughness our WWII heroes displayed, though. They had a special kind of love for America, and a fight to the death attitude about anybody who might harm her.
harm
“The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced from it, can never refuse to come forward when he finds that she is engaged in dangers which he has the means of warding off.”
–Thomas Jefferson, 1797
“Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within.”
–Douglas MacArthur
“Our biggest danger is from within.”
— Donald J. Trump
https://rumble.com/v3r91x1-threats-from-within.html
From WGN…
https://wgntv.com/news/d-day-veterans-return-to-normandy-for-81st-anniversary/
Those who were first to hit the beaches, the first wave of the invasion, they knew they were going to die.
They knew it, and did it anyway.
How many would do this today?
Powerful words from Jeff Childers in his Memorial Day coffeeandcovid.com are as appropriate today. God bless those men.
“May we never forget the cost of freedom. And may we, who do not fight, never stop being the kind of people who are worth fighting for.”
And it seems as though certain European, “leaders” are pissing those sacrifices away!!! SPIT!!!
Robert V. Batz died May 27th 1944 in combat while captain of a B 24 Bomber. R I P Uncle Robert. I never got to meet him. 22 years old.. ..I imagine he’s very unhappy with what has transpired. Via con Dios Tio….
Your post gave me chills. God bless.
May God bring peace to the families of those lost and bring strength to the peoples freed that they might one day free themselves of the darkness that lays again like a blanket over much of Europe.
My grandfather was drafted @ age 34 as a D-Day replacement in October 1944, leaving behind his wife & 3 boys under age 10. He was killed in action in early March 1945 during the Battle of Remagen, only weeks before the end of World War II.
So sad to hear, TX.
The wreath laying made me cry.
I lost an uncle on D-Day. It was before I was born but I know he was a good guy from the family stories they told me. The uncle was still in his teens.
Wow! God Bless those men, the day of days.
My dad a World War Two survivor, my grandfather a World War One survivor. I’m a Vietnam war survivor. On behalf of them and myself I’m disgusted with our politicians! Go MAGA!
I studied this subject in High School and College…starting with the Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, Stephen Ambrose etc….knowing the American, Canadien and British Beaches along with each Division assigned to it…this along with the Battle of Midway was an obsession, only because both were turning points in each theater…
Visited Normandy 4 times…with my parents in 1967…and the last was this past fall. Liked it better in ’67…the area had not been disturbed, pillboxes, Pointe du Hoc all were not disturbed and it was not touristy …found a number of artifacts…50 cal bullets, a canteen, uniform buttons etc. Fascinating to see the topography of the area and sobering to see what 18-20 year olds faced with murderous MG 42 guns firing on them from elevated positions. The last visit was disappointing in that in previous visits you could go down to the Beach below the Cemetery at Omaha and look up at what they were facing upon landing whereas now they have closed the area below. No reason is given other than it was a “security” issue…
France as a whole is over rated…food is bad, French people are creeps and outside the tourist areas it is a sh** hole.
Save and except Normandy where the French still appreciate the American effort…Stars and Stripes still fly…it is worth a visit but study your history beforehand.
French
If it weren’t for Russians, Louisianans would be speaking French.
Abigail Adams was familiar with the King of Italy.
Her husband spoke about the Venetian Republic.
My dad was an Army ranger paratrooper but was sidelined and hospitalized in 1943 from severe arthritis after being stationed in the damp climate of Alaska and spent the last 13 months of his military duty in a hospital in Kansas. His unit went on to parachute in to Normandy on D-Day and most of them died.
Although his arthritis gave him much pain over his life and he had NINE (yes 9!) hip replacements, he continued to live an active life and died peacefully at age 86.
My father was a fighter pilot, P-47 Thunderbolt. He flew 98 missions from England to France including D day. He was reactivated for Korea flying P-51 Mustangs. On his 2nd mission, 100th overall, he was shot down and bailed out behind enemy lines. By the grace of God and a very brave chopper pilot he was rescued. So many courageous young men no longer with us.
more and more are waking up to the fact that there would be no third world and islamic invasions of our nations today if things had gone differently
I suppose, instead we could be goosestepping.
Thank you, Sundance.
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https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_oldest_World_War_II_veterans
God Bless these men, God bless those that paid the highest price for freedom, liberty and a world that respect the rule of law, order, normalcy and decency.
God Bless them all. I am alive today and have enjoyed the benefits of those brave soldiers, and it my privilege and honor to do the very best that I can to stamp out the evil incarnations that have ravaged the United States.
we are at war. I know this sounds cliche, but it isn’t. We are at the same kind of war these men and women fought against. PURE evil.
we will win. we are unafraid. We trust and have faith our cause of righteous and we will never bow down to overlords and tyrannts.
ever.
God Bless America
I salute my late father today for his honorable service in the US Army during WWII. He served in the Pacific theater.
God bless the greatest generation.
I can’t believe these brave soldiers would have put up with today’s bs.
Imagine going through D-Day so an illegal scumbag can have “due process” from deportation.
believe
The more socialist a country becomes, the more political it becomes.
Imagine
Neo-American soviets sending Americans over there and replacing them with political parasites here.
scumbag
https://rumble.com/v6ud8q9-noem-just-ended-obamas-intimidation-program-for-patriots-on-planes-finally.html
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM…
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Look, trying not to act a fool here. But the largest amphibious assault by the United States was the Battle of Okinawa with 1,600 ships and 350,000 naval personnel in Operation Downfall. April 1st to June 21st, 1945. I certainly understand the importance of D-Day. But I’ve often wondered why the Pacific attack is not held in the same esteem? You do not hear about it often, at all.
Again, not trying to attack the importance, but we also had to finish off the Japanese.
If you go to New Orleans, what was started as the “D-Day” museum has expanded its scope to include the entire war. I think they do a decent job, but you are right, we tend to elevate Normandy invasion above everything else.