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Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts) Wed Jun 6, 2018, 01:31 PM Jun 2018

In remembrance of D-Day...

The attack on the casino at Ouistreham from the movie The Longest Day (1962). An incredible battle scene.

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In remembrance of D-Day... (Original Post) Dave Starsky Jun 2018 OP

June 6, 1944. The beginning of the end of Hitler's reign. oasis Jun 2018 #1

My grandfather landed at Omaha Beach on that day. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #2

Omaha Beach had the highest number of casualties that day. oasis Jun 2018 #3

oasis

(49,390 posts)

1. June 6, 1944. The beginning of the end of Hitler's reign.

Reply to Dave Starsky (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:03 PM

Jun 2018

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

2. My grandfather landed at Omaha Beach on that day.

Reply to oasis (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:15 PM

Jun 2018

He would have been most upset to see how his country ended up. He was a Republican, but he was never a racist, nor was he ever a gun nut. He was a pacifist BECAUSE of his experiences in WW II.

oasis

(49,390 posts)

3. Omaha Beach had the highest number of casualties that day.

Reply to Dave Starsky (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:25 PM

Jun 2018

They all were heroes, every last person who fought in Europe and the South Pacific in WWII.

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