70!!!!!!!!!

**Euroholic** · 06-05-2014, 06:29 PM

Today marks 70 years since The largest seaborne invasion in history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**RaginCajun** · 06-05-2014, 07:03 PM

That's still tomorrow for me

**derekkpapa1** · 06-05-2014, 07:08 PM

Kicked azz did not take names

Thanks for who served/serves-more props to u

**trikydik** · 06-05-2014, 09:34 PM

In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk: "Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!"

That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.

So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II.
DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered.”

The German treated America better after WW2 than some of our allies did!

**Lunk1** · 06-05-2014, 10:55 PM

4414..God bless!

**Euroholic** · 06-05-2014, 11:26 PM

Its just hard to fathom what it would have been like a operation that huge. As a para landing behind the lines or coming ashore on one of the 5 beaches.

Will never know how many casualties were suffered on that day but its generally considered around 10-12 thousand for the allies and 5-9 thousand for the germans. Not to mention In April and May 1944, the Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in operations which paved the way for D-Day. As well as several thousand germans and thousands of civilians.

**kelkel** · 06-06-2014, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by trikydik

In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk: "Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!"

That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.

So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II.
DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered.”

The German treated America better after WW2 than some of our allies did!

Never heard that before. Thanks for sharing.

**lovbyts** · 06-06-2014, 12:53 PM

It was interesting that Obama went over for the celebration but left after only one day. I wonder if maybe he was not welcome? Its jot really his cup of tea and with most every remembrance day like that he seems to always work in something about the peace loving Muslim beliefs.

**David LoPan** · 06-06-2014, 01:25 PM

This dude is a stud. Jim Martin, 93, did a tandem parachute jump from a plane over Utah Beach in France on Thursday, but he wasn’t just checking off something from his bucket list. Martin was commemorating the first time he had made the jump, 70 years ago.

Jim Martin, 93, commemorates D-Day by parachuting again - GrindTV.com

**RaginCajun** · 06-06-2014, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by BigTahl

This dude is a stud. Jim Martin, 93, did a tandem parachute jump from a plane over Utah Beach in France on Thursday, but he wasn't just checking off something from his bucket list. Martin was commemorating the first time he had made the jump, 70 years ago. Jim Martin, 93, commemorates D-Day by parachuting again - GrindTV.com

Coworker and I were discussing this guy earlier today! What a badass!

**trikydik** · 06-07-2014, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

It was interesting that Obama went over for the celebration but left after only one day. I wonder if maybe he was not welcome? Its jot really his cup of tea and with most every remembrance day like that he seems to always work in something about the peace loving Muslim beliefs.

It is a reminder of American Exellence, something he is deeply rooted against...

**trikydik** · 06-07-2014, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Euroholic

Its just hard to fathom what it would have been like a operation that huge. As a para landing behind the lines or coming ashore on one of the 5 beaches.

Here is something I find amazing...
WW1 the US lost 116,516 Dead
WW2 the US lost 405,399 Dead
Vietnam the US lost 153,303 Dead - the press called for the end of the war
Gulf War 1, 294 Dead and the Leftist Media declared the war was unwinnable before it even started
In the Afghan war, the US has lost 2229 Dead, and the LEFT is calling for an end to the war
Gulf War 2, 4488 dead and the Leftist Media demanded we get out....the losses have been horrific

**DCI** · 06-07-2014, 06:44 AM

That generation of people where awe inspiring no one in the modern era would have the balls to do what those people did on that day and throughout the war.

Truly immense and how they managed to return to life after it also

**Euroholic** · 06-07-2014, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by trikydik

Here is something I find amazing...
WW1 the US lost 116,516 Dead
WW2 the US lost 405,399 Dead
Vietnam the US lost 153,303 Dead - the press called for the end of the war
Gulf War 1, 294 Dead and the Leftist Media declared the war was unwinnable before it even started
In the Afghan war, the US has lost 2229 Dead, and the LEFT is calling for an end to the war
Gulf War 2, 4488 dead and the Leftist Media demanded we get out....the losses have been horrific

Your vietnam figure is wrong i cant remember off the top of my head but it was 50something thousand americans dead that must be the total casualty figure. And don't forget the "forgotten war" that was another 30something
Thousand. People always seem to forget about that.

I no what you mean tho. The total allied deaths in iraq and afgan are less than that first day on the somme in 1916.

The way things are and the way wars are fought today people are not use to big casualties of the past

**Lunk1** · 06-07-2014, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by DCI

That generation of people where awe inspiring no one in the modern era would have the balls to do what those people did on that day and throughout the war.

Truly immense and how they managed to return to life after it also

I have yet to meet a WW2 vet with PTSD...

**DCI** · 06-07-2014, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Lunk1

I have yet to meet a WW2 vet with PTSD...

And they by far in a way had the worst conditions the bravest and quite possibly had the biggest balls of all was the merchant navies on both sides using basically steam boats and "converted" to military boats to ferry supplies to the war effort in most cases freezing conditions with just a thick coat to protect them from the cold absolutely immense

**trikydik** · 06-07-2014, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Lunk1

I have yet to meet a WW2 vet with PTSD...

I have... I was an honor guard for the USS Indianapolis memorial. Trust me, those guys have PTSD.
Most people who were in D Day could not watch Saving Private Ryan... I saw interviews where several survivors freaked out during a screening of the landing scene.

**trikydik** · 06-07-2014, 03:11 PM

Still .... We have a lot of "Illnesses" we did not have 50 years ago.... makes you wonder.

**Lunk1** · 06-07-2014, 04:19 PM

I should have clarified. Ive never met a WW2 vet who bragged about or flaunted having PTSD

**Euroholic** · 06-07-2014, 05:17 PM

We had phones and emails and were deployed for not that long. These guys went away till the war was over or they were a casualty.

**ppwc1985** · 06-07-2014, 07:11 PM

People in General were a lot tougher back then. There was still a lot ppl hunting for their own food. They weren't sitting on their asses watching tv and on their phones and computers all the time. Kids were outside breaking bones and getting hurt just playing. These kids these days are pusses. There was no time outs, you just got your ass beat.