65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

[GrandOldTeam]

I always think of the D-Day landings whenever I have been in a bad situation to put things in perspective. Words can't describe my respect for those men. Early intervention should always be taken to avoid this ever happening again.

 

[Goat]

RIP to all our heroes.

Lest We Not Forget

Who comes before us


Lest we not forget who comes before us frozen in time

Life can hold you by the hand

Life can help you understand

Life can walk you down the aisle of turth without the answers

Life can surprise you and make you feel so alone

Life can surprise you and make you feel small

Life can take a strong man and make him weak

Life can show everything if you let it

All our lives we can live in a shadow

all our lives we can live in a dream

All our lives we can live in a world in which our happiness comes with no price.

All our lives we can love each other and walke together forever on

We can hate each other and walk away and spend forever hating

We can feel each others pain and try to wash it away until there is no one left to hold

Forever we will hold onto frozen moments

Forever we will hold onto the tihe time we spent here

Forever we will remember our memories for they will stay with us forever.

They will touch us for a life time, forever you are just a breath away and a heart beat closer always

 

[Screech]

Puts things into perspective

 

[mezzrow]

It is so easy to forget that we stand on the shoulders of giants.

We owe them our thanks and we owe them our respect. Everybody takes their own safety and freedom for granted these days. We are conspicuous consumers of that safety and freedom. It was built, and kept, through the efforts of men like these. Pray that this kind of sacrifice will not have to be made for its defence in future.

 

[Screech]

The next world war won't need men, just missiles with disastrous consequences

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Its hard to imagine what it must of been like for anyone to have to of gone through that, but then i don't think i actually want to.

 

[Bluelass]

Amen to all of that lads.

Boys became men and men became heroes so that we may live in peace.

RIP to all of those lost but never forgotten.

 

[Rook]

I'm not sure of this but I've heard the average life expectancy of the 1st soldiers it hit land was like somewhere between 7-15 seconds. Can't imagine what it was like.

My grandfather served in the Pacific on the USS Tennessee during WW2.

 

[davek]

I watched that three part series on D-Day this week narrated by Sean Bean - the one that concentrated on Montgomery and Eisenhower's run-ins about the invasion. I'm not that interested in war history, so it was a surprise to me when Bean said that the worst of D-Day on the beaches was over by about 9am. The Americans took horrific casualties, but the British forces, who came later, practically strolled across the beach to the dunes without much problem. I had it in my minds eye that the Germans held out for far longer and the assault lasted all day.

Edit: Omaha beach he must have been referring to. Never rely on Sean Bean for your info.

 

[McBain]

Respect to our fathers and grandfathers that had to survive through such adversity.

Lest we forget.

 

[chicoazul]

Lest we forget.

They done amazing things.

 

[SuitsBlueX2]

The respect we owe them is eternal vigilance.
Never forgotten, may their sacrifice never be required again.

 

[Whitebootman]

Just read this and viewed the pictures.

My dad was there. It was his birthday. Like everyone there, he lost friends. He never forgot them when he came home, and made sure I understood what those soldiers stood for and what they died for. He is no longer with us. I carry his medal every year, on his birthday. For him his friends and every other soldier past, present & future. R.I.P.

Thanks for putting this thread up.

 

[trebilcock66]

What must it have been like - to have been alive that morning and going in in the early waves?

Or to be on the German side watching as the morning sun rose on a sight that must have turned their knees to jelly. From Arromanche, the armada stretched from one side of the horizon to the other.

Humbling. For all those who died - on both sides - thank you and RIP.

 

[keverton]

Just read this and viewed the pictures.

My dad was there. It was his birthday. Like everyone there, he lost friends. He never forgot them when he came home, and made sure I understood what those soldiers stood for and what they died for. He is no longer with us. I carry his medal every year, on his birthday. For him his friends and every other soldier past, present & future. R.I.P.

Thanks for putting this thread up.

Sorry i missed this thread but just want to say i and we all owe your father a thank you that can never be big enough and i for one will never forget all our heroes who faced that day and will always be remembered