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6/6/2005 7:25:11 PM
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Today is D-day
51 years ago today, combined forces from America, Britain, France, and Canada made the largest amphibious landing in human history, braving machine gun fire and harsh weather on the beaches of Normandy, France. Through their brave sacrifices and herioc efforts, the face of freedom was eventually preserved throughout the world as the -blam!-s were slowly driven back into Germany and defeated.
I'm very greateful to those brave men, not much older than I am, who were on the beach that day, taking place in what I consider to be one of the most important events in modern history.
I dunno, I just felt like pointing it out.
*note: this isn't meant to be a political thread in any way*
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My grandfather was in the 502nd PIR Dog company. He survived France and fought in the Battle of the Bulge at Melville. He was captured by the German Infantry on december 23rd and then spent 98 days in a boxcar, being starved, tortured and forced to live in a boxcar that housed over 80 bodies -most of them his friends. He was only one of 27 men that made it out alive (out of several hundred that were held there) and he received two bronze stars, four purple hearts, a silver star and many other medals that I don't even know what they are, but he developed Parkinsons' disease and a rather bad disorder known as PTSD. This is but one story of the dedication and courage that began that day and ended long after that longest of days. I thank them all and our gratitude only scratches the surface of what they truly deserve. Semper Fi
