Life June 6th, 1944. These men had balls of steel. 70th anniversary. - Page 3

teedubya · 05:19 PM

War is hell. I don't like war. Sometimes war is necessary. And Hitler was one son of a bitch who had to be stopped. All politics aside. The 70th anniversary of this is in a couple of weeks. Let's have a good memorial of these great heroes who gave their lives, so that we could have our lives that we have now.

Balls of Steel.

All Divisions Involved in D-Day >> http://www.army.mil/d-day/divisions.html

June 6th, 1944. 70 years ago.

**Trivers** · 05-29-2014, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

as others has stated it was a different time, basically they needed to do this to eat. Now we have aids and terrorists to deal with.

"we"

we are behind keyboards sitting on our butts. Internet brave warriors.

They were charging beaches with several divisions shooting at them.

It was different

Chief Roundup · 05-29-2014, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by confused

Hitler wanted a little war. His main intention was to cement the German-Austria relationship. To automatically assume that Hitler was this anti-Semitic madman is to immediately concede to textbooks which don't always paint a pretty picture when it comes to foreign relations.

Wow. That is the reason textbooks from across the globe portray Hilter and the Nazi's that way? Yeah everyone in history is wrong.

**Donger** · 05-29-2014, 03:57 PM

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Ahem? More people died in Ted Kennedy's back seat than in the alleged homicidal gas chambers.

Alrighty then. I'm not going to have this discussion in this thread, but I'd be MORE than happy to discuss it with you in another.

**Donger** · 05-29-2014, 04:16 PM

Eisenhower's thankfully unneeded letter, mistakenly dated July 5:

teedubya · 05-29-2014, 04:48 PM

D-Day's Impressive Numbers

Convoy of ships crossing the English Channel An invading army had not crossed the unpredictable, dangerous English Channel since 1688 -- and once the massive force set out, there was no turning back. The 5000-vessel armada stretched as far as the eye could see, transporting over 150,000 men and nearly 30,000 vehicles across the channel to the French beaches. Six parachute regiments -- over 13,000 men -- were flown from nine British airfields in over 800 planes. More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over coastal Normandy immediately in advance of the invasion.

War planners had projected that 5,000 tons of gasoline would be needed daily for the first 20 days after the initial assault. In one planning scenario, 3,489 long tons of soap would be required for the first four months in France.

By nightfall on June 6, more than 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded, but more than 100,000 had made it ashore, securing French coastal villages. And within weeks, supplies were being unloaded at UTAH and OMAHA beachheads at the rate of over 20,000 tons per day.

Captured Germans were sent to American prisoner of war camps at the rate of 30,000 POWs per month from D-Day until Christmas 1944. Thirty-three detention facilities were in Texas alone.

crispystl · 05-29-2014, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bowener

Training. And it was a job. There were very few jobs. They came up in a time where there was very little to be thankful for. The military offered a great deal more than what they were used to receiving. 3 squares a day is a big deal to a man that isn't familiar with it.

Amazing generation!

It makes sense why many of them were so eager to go. Like bowener says, Imagine growing up on a farm in Kansas broke and hungry and then getting an opportunity to get paid to go traipsing around Europe. Many of them probably had tunnel vision for the adventure and were naive enough to overlook the magnitude of what they were getting themselves into. THAT'S TAKING NOTHING AWAY FROM THEM THOUGH. Don't get me wrong.

teedubya · 05-29-2014, 05:01 PM

U.S. soldiers approach Omaha Beach, their weapons wrapped in plastic to keep them dry, June 1944.

An A-20 from the 416th Bomb Group making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (U.S. Army)

Aerial view of part of the Allied force off the coast of France, on D-Day, 1944.

Aerial view of the Normandy Invasion, on June 6th, 1944.

teedubya · 05-29-2014, 05:10 PM

**Donger** · 05-29-2014, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by teedubya

I'd never seen that before until now. Thanks for sharing, teedubya.

I wonder how many Americans don't know that there were three other beach landings that day, not just Omaha and Utah.

Cheater5 · 05-29-2014, 06:11 PM

I was fortunate enough while stationed in Italy with the 173rd Airborne (yes, I know they did not participate in the Normandy invasion, nor were they even in WWII) to jump into a drop zone at St. Mere Eglise and then tour the Normandy battlefield, to include Pointe Du Hoc. One of the top ten coolest things I did while in uniform- just a kickass experience all the way around.

Dayze · 05-29-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Eisenhower's thankfully unneeded letter, mistakenly dated July 5:

wow. that's a trip

Dayze · 05-29-2014, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by teedubya

Aerial view of part of the Allied force off the coast of France, on D-Day, 1944.

Aerial view of the Normandy Invasion, on June 6th, 1944.

wow. That' very cool and very scary at the same time.

**Rain Man** · 05-29-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheater5

I was fortunate enough while stationed in Italy with the 173rd Airborne (yes, I know they did not participate in the Normandy invasion, nor were they even in WWII) to jump into a drop zone at St. Mere Eglise and then tour the Normandy battlefield, to include Pointe Du Hoc. One of the top ten coolest things I did while in uniform- just a kickass experience all the way around.

That's really cool.

(Pause.)

Did you kill any Germans?

Cheater5 · 05-29-2014, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's really cool.

(Pause.)

Did you kill any Germans?

Negative. No Germans. We killed many bottles of French beer and wine though.

Would add to anyone who hasn't been to put it on their bucket list; it's that worthwhile.

Deberg_1990 · 05-29-2014, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

as others has stated it was a different time, basically they needed to do this to eat. Now we have aids and terrorists to deal with.

Heh, I know your somewhat trolling, but also somewhat right.

I'll forever be eternally grateful for what these guys did, but this current generation would be able to accomplish the same things if we were faced with a threat like that.

The WWII guys sacrificed and died so we wouldn't have to ever face that again.

But the guys who fought and died in Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait,Iraq, Afghanistan, etc should be thought of no less.

All equally brave.
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teedubya Most Valuable Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Casino cash: $9490002	D-Day's Impressive Numbers Convoy of ships crossing the English Channel An invading army had not crossed the unpredictable, dangerous English Channel since 1688 -- and once the massive force set out, there was no turning back. The 5000-vessel armada stretched as far as the eye could see, transporting over 150,000 men and nearly 30,000 vehicles across the channel to the French beaches. Six parachute regiments -- over 13,000 men -- were flown from nine British airfields in over 800 planes. More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over coastal Normandy immediately in advance of the invasion. War planners had projected that 5,000 tons of gasoline would be needed daily for the first 20 days after the initial assault. In one planning scenario, 3,489 long tons of soap would be required for the first four months in France. By nightfall on June 6, more than 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded, but more than 100,000 had made it ashore, securing French coastal villages. And within weeks, supplies were being unloaded at UTAH and OMAHA beachheads at the rate of over 20,000 tons per day. Captured Germans were sent to American prisoner of war camps at the rate of 30,000 POWs per month from D-Day until Christmas 1944. Thirty-three detention facilities were in Texas alone.
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Cheater5 Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Folly Beach, SC Casino cash: $5177550	I was fortunate enough while stationed in Italy with the 173rd Airborne (yes, I know they did not participate in the Normandy invasion, nor were they even in WWII) to jump into a drop zone at St. Mere Eglise and then tour the Normandy battlefield, to include Pointe Du Hoc. One of the top ten coolest things I did while in uniform- just a kickass experience all the way around.
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