D-Day 80th Anniversary
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I've posted this before. My father flew 51 missions in WWII in a B-24 Liberator. He kept a diary of his missions. These are his two diary pages of June 6, 1944. The last sentence of page two he mentions the
"invasion". The Greatest Generation!
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Hour-by-hour . . How D-Day Unfolded . . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13497447/How-D-Day-unfolded-hour-hour-80th-anniversary-Operation-Overlord-MailOnlines-scintillating-visualisations-recount-daring-mission-liberate-****-occupied-Europe-forensic-detail.htmlAC Regenerator PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
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"“he was active, sharp as a tack, right up [to the end].”
...and died peacefully while listening to recordings of his favorite artist, Frank Sinatra.
👍🤗🇺🇲Sal Palooza -
My uncle, R. A. (Reuben Alonzo) ‘Bud’ Long of Bremen Georgia was one of the heroes of D-Day.
He volunteered to fly as a passenger in the gliders before the invasion to test the gliders, he went ashore on the beach on D-Day, then fought in General Patton's Army at the Battle of the Bulge as a member of the ski patrol, and continued on to Paris for the liberation of France.
His life: December 31, 1918 - May 3, 2009
I was honored to be a pallbearer. Uncle Bud was a quiet man, and never volunteered information about the war. I asked a lot of questions as a kid to learn of things I posted above. He also told me about the troop ship from the US to England on the North Sea as most of the soldiers were seasick from the giant waves. As an older man now, I have recognized Uncle Bud was affected as most men are by the war."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA
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We sent the aptly named USS Normandy over to Europe to participate in the 80th anniversary celebration, pretty cool if you ask me.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3798664/uss-normandy-cg-60-attends-80th-d-day-remembrance/2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave
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