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Edited by Raptor:
6/6/2013 7:48:32 PM
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As you sit here tonight...
Sixty nine years ago June 6th 1944...thousands of Paratroopers from the U.S., Britain, Poland, Canada, and other allied nations are dropping across all of Normandy, France disrupting German units, sabotaging equipment, and tieing down other German forces.
By the time you wake up tomorrow 100,000's of men from those same countries would have participated in one of the largest fleets ever seen in mankind's history, landing forces would already be storming the beaches at Juno, Sword, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches. Omaha being especially bloody, and maybe by the time you wake up tomorrow...still hanging on by a thread.
By the time you wake up the next day 10,000 Allied soldiers would be wounded or killed, and about 9,000 Germans, fighting would still be continuing on at the beach exits and some penetrations would have been made in the Germans lines.
Tomorrow I will hopefully be making a huge post, for those interested.
Thank you for reading and take a minute to think on what I have wrote.
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i dont give 2 shits about this
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1 Replyk i read it. my grandpa was there. He survived which is pretty miraculous.
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#MERICA
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I just finished watching the [i]Band of Brothers[/i] miniseries. An amazing look into these landings and what the troops went through. I recommend it to everybody to watch.
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2 RepliesEdited by ClusiveC: 6/7/2013 5:29:27 AMAs I sit here tonight, I think of home and feel the stinging in my eyes of the choice that I made. Because instead of being home, I have to live this life for the next few years. And it hurts even more to know that majority of the public sees me as insane and crazy, rather than the hero that they told me I would be. I probably won't be able to get a job. What am I going to put as my job experience? Nobody's going to hire me. We don't even get paid good as it is. I've been promoted twice since I've been in, and my pay has been cut twice instead. What's there to be proud of about this? Yes, I'm probably going to spend this night crying, like I do sometimes. I miss my family.
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3 RepliesLOLOLOLOL
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1 ReplyEdited by The Garrison: 6/6/2013 8:05:48 PM[b]69[/b] years you say? Huh.
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1 Replysomeone say 69? no? im sorry i just had to
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3 RepliesEdited by Pfhortnite: 6/6/2013 9:23:38 PMI remember one of my friends thought that there were 150,000 American deaths on D-day from the beach invasions. I faceplamed so hard that day.
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I remember Normandy like it was yesterday . . . too bad 'nam was yesterday.
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[i]War... has changed.[/i]
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2 RepliesEdited by Pahat Pojat: 6/6/2013 1:56:52 PMI think more about the Winter War and the dire situation; Unprepared, alone against a superpower. And of course the following 27 million Russians that died following on the Eastern Front.
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1 Reply.. With beer and liquor
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6 RepliesWe all know who did the most work.
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2 RepliesWe went all "pew pew" and they were all like " Ich mag Scheiße" and we were all like "murica!"
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1 Reply[quote]Seven decades ago June 6th 1944[/quote]It's only 2013.
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Feel the need to post this again.
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Respect for all the soldiers!
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It's not 2014.
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5 RepliesI still haven't seen the D-Day episode of Band of Brothers. Is something wrong with me guys?
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War is bad, bro.
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12 RepliesEdited by ANON: 6/6/2013 4:59:43 AMMy great grandfather was in the german army, mowed down hundreds of allies on the beach and got away with it :) Edit: Also i commend the brave soldiers who stood against the invasion and held out as long as they could. (no im not a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url])
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Funnily enough I was only a minute away from being born on the 6th. One of my great grandfathers took Sword, as well. I always remember the 6th since the landings were an extraordinary event and were probably the main turning point of the war (though certainly not the first) for the western allies. Also I'm a huge WWII nut, so I do my best to learn as much about Overlord as I can.
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It really is a shame war can bring so much peace.
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1 ReplyEdited by Buckysaurus: 6/6/2013 4:53:12 AMAmerica. 2 time world war champions. Jokes aside, I want to thank all of the brave men who fought that day.
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2 RepliesI honestly believe living in the past is a terrible mistake. It's nice to remember and learn from mistakes, but not dwell on it.
