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Old 06-06-2011, 01:34 PM   #1
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heres to all the guys who were there and those that didnt make it back.

http://www.army.mil/d-day/

My grandfather was part of the 1st infantry division that landed on normandy. He was one of the lucky ones who made it back alive. Sux that he died before I was old enough to understand what they did. He told me soem stories but as a 6 or 7 yr old kid you just cant understand it.
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Old 06-06-2011, 03:12 PM   #2
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Big Red One! My grandpa was there D Day + 6 and hung on till a bullet sent him home the next spring just across the Rhine. God rest and bless them all today!
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:12 PM   #3
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I went there a few years ago for work, got a chance to jump into St Mar Eglise. I also got a chance to look at the five beaches, plus Point du Hoc. Just walking around those areas is wild, its amazing to look at the area and think that people ran off boats straight at machine guns, and were still successful.
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I went there a few years ago for work, got a chance to jump into St Mar Eglise. I also got a chance to look at the five beaches, plus Point du Hoc. Just walking around those areas is wild, its amazing to look at the area and think that people ran off boats straight at machine guns, and were still successful.
Going there is def on my bucket list, I want to see the cemetaries and the other stuff there.
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:32 PM   #5
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I just want to go camping and hiking in the Ardennes. Sit out at night and listen to the Ghosts...
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if you go, you have to go the week leading up to june 6. The whole normandy coast is full of celebrations

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