A story about D-Day that hits very close to home.

[imanamerican63]

My grandmother was from a family of 13 children. Both her parents died shortly after the last sibling was born. Raised by the oldest, they survived the harshest of times and circumstances in and period were nothing was easy for anyone alive at that time.

There were 8 girls and 5 boys. They all grew up to be very special people in their own ways.

Three of the 5 young men joined the military when WW2 broke out. One served in the Pacific Theater and the other 2 in the Army in European Theater. Sadly, one was killed days after the D-Day invasion. His body was never found but he was with the ground forces who many believed to be missing in action of after the whole platoon was killed by enemy forces. Two of the brothers made hit home. All of them were honored with medals for their actions and service.

My great uncle the served in the Pacific died a few years later due the chemical poisoning from the war. The last of three lived until he was 95. I was able to meet him when I took my grandmother to visit him. He showed me all the medals that all were given. That was an amazing experience and yet sobering to see what they sacrificed for us today.

There many stories that we all hear about. It amazes my to see the courage of so many who did not care if they were R’s or D’s? They were doing it for all mankind.

It is crazy to think where this country is today. A coward draft dodger dictator who has no respect for humanity is willingly to destroy what so many men and women sacrificed to give the very freedoms that he is now trampling on. He is no hero and never will be!

[Norrrm]

1. STDs Trump very brave soldier

The only Drumpf/Trump family members serving in Normandy would have been on the cliffs above, looking down.

[surfered]

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My father was in the Army in the Pacific. All my uncles, save one, served in the Army in Europe. One piloted a glider into Normandy in the pre dawn morning of D Day, my father-in-law went ashore Omaha Beach on the second day. He would go on to be in the Battle of the Bulge with Paton and eventually into Germany.

So many untold stories. They were all members of Antifa

[Swede]

3. My dad was a Signalman in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.

He landed at the Normandy beach a few days after D-day.

He was one of a platoon of Canadians attached to Field Marshall Montgomery's Headquarters. They found a mass grave burial site. They were strafed once, but he never faced combat. He had a STEN gun and a Lee Enfield rifle in his vehicle. When he was being shipped home, they were told anyone caught with contraband would be held back. He had a Luger, he had traded for. He tossed it aside, he wanted to go home.

[surfered]

4. D Day Reunion Film recently on PBS - The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper is a poignant film about a Normandy reunion. This movie, starring Michael Caine, tells the true story of Bernard Jordan, an octogenarian who escapes from his care home to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. The film captures the emotional significance of this reunion as veterans gather to honor their fallen comrades
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Worth watching. Michael Caine is wonderful in this role and he was 90 when he filmed it.