Remembering D-Day and . . .
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Just-Clayton
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One of my close customers was a machine gunner in the marines.( which he passed about a month ago) He has told me several times that he refused to watch a movie about it. If anyone has seen saving pvt Ryan It was pretty much like that on the beach from what he told me.
My father landed two weeks after D-Day and fought from the Hedge Rows to the Bulge and was awarded 3 battle stars. When the movie came out my son and I went to see it to decide if we should take Dad. We saw 3 gentleman leave within 5 minutes of the movie starting and decided it was best not to bring Dad to see it. He would never talk to me about the war but a couple years before he passed he opened up to my son and told him many war stories. I guess he decided they should not go with him and the Grandson was the best person to tell.
They were the Greatest......And we must always remember.
They were the Greatest......And we must always remember.
Thanks for the link ohkphoto. Honored Allied soldiers all.
I received a military memorabilia catalog in the mail several months ago from a company called Military Issue. As I paged through it I was stunned to see T-Shirts featuring WW-II German tank ace Michael Wittman who destroyed hundreds of Allied tanks and killed many Allied soldiers as a result. He was awarded medals by Adolf Hitler and was quite the hero to the Nazi cause. I fully understand historic interest in Whittman, but not the wearing of apparel trumpeting his record in killing brave Allied soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice to keep our world free from Nazi darkness. I'm trying to figure out who would produce or purchase such a thing.
I received a military memorabilia catalog in the mail several months ago from a company called Military Issue. As I paged through it I was stunned to see T-Shirts featuring WW-II German tank ace Michael Wittman who destroyed hundreds of Allied tanks and killed many Allied soldiers as a result. He was awarded medals by Adolf Hitler and was quite the hero to the Nazi cause. I fully understand historic interest in Whittman, but not the wearing of apparel trumpeting his record in killing brave Allied soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice to keep our world free from Nazi darkness. I'm trying to figure out who would produce or purchase such a thing.
I took this picture of the hedgerows when I visited the Normandy D-Day sites in 2006. I can't imagine having to fight in them. It must have been like a shooting gallery.
vindex1963
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Dad was 3rd wave on the Red Sector on Omaha Beach. He also fought through the hedgerows his tank had the plow and he was the one to open a hole..... He went from those two to the Battle of the Bulge and finally crossed the Rhine on a floating bridge. Three days after crossing he received his orders to go home.
My Father standing next to his tank in the Ardennes forest
My Father standing next to his tank in the Ardennes forest
