D-DAY!

[BuckeyeMike]

Today's date ring a bell with anybody? In my travels today, so far nobody has had a clue......two thought it had something to do with Pearl Harbor. Wrong ocean, wrong country :punish:...........................
................D-DAY NORMANDY - 1944 :tank::soldier::bomber:

[Timberwolf]

Here's a hearty salute to the greatest generation! :patriot:

[Taylor1]

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by
the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example
of empire building’ by George Bush.

He answered by saying, ’Over the years, the United States has sent many
of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return.


You could have heard a pin drop.
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ’Have
you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended
to do, bomb them?’ A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: ’Our
carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred
people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical
power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity
to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several
thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry
half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to
and from their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have? ’

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the

U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail
reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers
that
included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting
away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral
suddenly complained that, ’whereas Europeans learn many languages,
Americans learn only English.’ He then asked, ’Why is it that we always
have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking
French?’
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied ’Maybe it’s because
the
Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t
have
to speak German.’

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a
tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport
in his carry on. ’You have been to France before, monsieur?’ the
customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. ’Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.’ The American said, ’The last time I was here, I didn’t have to
show it.’ ’Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on
arrival in France!’ The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard
look. Then he quietly explained. ’Well, when I came ashore at Omaha
Beach on D-Day in ’44 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find
any
Frenchmen to show it to.’

You could have heard a pin drop

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What Is A Veteran?

A ’Veteran’ -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made
payable to ’The United States of America,’ for an amount of ’up to, and
including his life.’

That is honor, and there are way too many pe ople in this country
today,
who no longer understand that fact!!!!!!!!!!!

[dPrasse]

FDR's Prayer on D-Day ...

My Fellow Americans:

Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest -- until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them -- help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment -- let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.

Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944



Shows just how far off the deep end that the "Party of FDR" has fallen ...

[BuckeyeMike]

Thanks guys....I was beginnin' to think I was the only one that remembered.

[dPrasse]

No , Pete ... you are not the only one ... I have a very large library of books covering our men in Europe and in the Pacific ... and Korea and Vietnam , Grenada , Iraq ...

[BuckeyeMike]

No , Pete ... you are not the only one ... I have a very large library of books covering our men in Europe and in the Pacific ... and Korea and Vietnam , Grenada , Iraq ...

Mike :noggin: