06-06-2014, 06:54 AM
|
#1 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Melbourne Australia.
Posts: 2,078
|
"d" day today.
Today we remember all the men from various countries who were in Normandy seventy years ago today. We owe them a debt and will always remember them. Heroes all. RIP. Regards, Kevin.
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 07:52 AM
|
#2 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Carson City, NV
Posts: 179
|
Re: "d" day today.
A big THANK YOU to all the D-Day and WWII vets out there on the Ford Barn.
|
|
|
|
| Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 09:24 AM
|
#3 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lithia, FL
Posts: 1,050
|
Re: "d" day today.
God Bless them all.
__________________
If it aint broke, don't fix it! |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 09:26 AM
|
#4 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 2,687
|
Re: "d" day today.
Indeed a job well done boys! Lest we forget..
__________________
"Came too close to dying to stop living now!" |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 09:27 AM
|
#5 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
Posts: 841
|
Re: "d" day today.
It makes you wonder where we would be today if it weren't for those folks.
|
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 09:52 AM
|
#6 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: North of sandy ago, CA.
Posts: 2,064
|
Re: "d" day today.
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Thank you for your service (gift) Bruce
__________________
Works good Lasts long time |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 10:20 AM
|
#7 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: shirley ny
Posts: 992
|
Re: "d" day today.
when I was 16 in 1958 I was a stock boy in a large supermarker bob worked the fish dept he was in the invasion along with his younger brother both survived,so this day is always special to me...my flag is flying proudly thanks to all who served
Last edited by oldskool; 06-06-2014 at 11:12 AM. |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 10:34 AM
|
#8 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Posts: 4,395
|
Re: "d" day today.
|
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 11:00 AM
|
#9 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia
Posts: 7,009
|
Re: "d" day today.
We have a man in our Sunday School class that landed at Normandy. We also have a man who was on board ship, headed toward an invasion of Japan at the end of WWII.
These men are members of the Greatest Generation of Americans. God bless them all.
__________________
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 11:24 AM
|
#10 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Pa.
Posts: 2,163
|
Re: "d" day today.
Indeed a large thank you and all honors to all the D day Vets. My dad was there and wounded, shrapnel from a mortar in the chest. Survive it and had a great life. Just passed at 90 last Dec. God bless him and you all who served!
__________________
Nomad |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 11:37 AM
|
#11 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: central Iowa
Posts: 484
|
Re: "d" day today.
Bravery beyond comprehension. Thank you.
__________________
Louvering, bias ply tire-truing, metal shaping and forming, lathe and mill work, member shop HAGERTY Ins. expert repair network. High quality paint work in Iowa. |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 11:54 AM
|
#12 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Newington, Connecticut
Posts: 1,374
|
Re: "d" day today.
They had a job to do and they did it . Most came home and went to work. God bless all who served. My Dad went over later and came home. He passed at 57, so I never got a chance to try to get him to open up and thank him for his service to our country. I miss him every day!
__________________
Barry 50 F-1 |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 12:48 PM
|
#13 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: San Jose CA
Posts: 113
|
Re: "d" day today.
To ALL barners....
If you have children or grandchildren I ask that you get them in touch with a WWII vet and sit down with the vet for a few minutes to get a bit of the knowledge these guys gals can share. After all they changed the world so we could live on... Your family will love you for doing this.. Roger |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 12:54 PM
|
#14 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Ann Arbor / Canton Michigan
Posts: 318
|
Re: "d" day today.
Grandpa jumped into Normandy on DDay - those young men had guts, pride and a stick-to-it attitude.
Prior to his AA experiences he hopped up the very 41 Ford I have now - God bless them all |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:03 PM
|
#15 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand
Posts: 2,126
|
Re: "d" day today.
D Day was yesterday for us down here at the "ass end of the world". I saw the British celebrations on TV and it was quiet stirring with a wreath laying at Pegasus Bridge where the Brit Airborne landed and successfully took it. That was the first landing. I have read Steven Ambroses books "Pegasus Bridge". "Band of Brothers" and "D Day" as well as may other chronicles on the subject. We should never forget the sacrifices by those during what was the biggest military invasion the world had ever seen and probably will be ever to be seen. New Zealand troops did not fight that campaign but we had people in the air with the RAF and on the sea with the Navy that day and we thank them along with our British, American and Canadian brothers, especially those who laid down their lives on the 5 beaches and beyond.
My 64 1/2 Mustang reminds me of this day each time I look at. GB
__________________
"you can't make honey out of dog sh*t" "You're a long time looking at the lid" Last edited by Graeme / New Zealand; 06-06-2014 at 01:32 PM. |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:10 PM
|
#16 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Buford, GA
Posts: 380
|
Re: "d" day today.
Yes...America's Greatest Generation indeed
Thank you so much! Randy |
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:28 PM
|
#17 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Posts: 4,395
|
Re: "d" day today.
My dad couldn't pass the physical although he tried and was 21 in 1941. He stayed home and made B29s working for the Boeing Company starting in 1944 until 1982. He also launched men to the moon on top of the Boeing Saturn V rockets! He is 93 1/2 and still going strong driving up until a few weeks ago. Mom is 92.
|
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:30 PM
|
#18 |
|
Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 48
|
Re: "d" day today.
What does "D" in D-Day stand for? Anyone know.
|
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:33 PM
|
#19 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Ann Arbor / Canton Michigan
Posts: 318
|
Re: "d" day today.
The D stood for Day - then each successive 24 period after the landing was called D+1 etc
|
|
|
|
|
06-06-2014, 01:37 PM
|
#20 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hertford (UK)
Posts: 905
|
Re: "d" day today.
D is for DESIGNATED........
In response to C4engr's comment about talking to old soldiers about the war. In my experience very few ever spoke about it and certainly not my dad whom I discovered was mentioned in despatches for bravery . I found out this by sorting out his papers after he died........ |
|
|
|
 |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
Linear Mode
|
|
| Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:06 PM.