Let Us Not Forget

[PutPut]

It is hard to imagine it has been 70 years since June 6, 1944. I was 12 years old then but I still remember Eisenhower's brief radio message about the start of the European Crusade. He also took complete responsibility if it failed.

Best, Paul

 

[rgatkinson]

I'll second that. I have been watching coverage of the remembrance service on BBC for many hours. Have found it emotional and humbling. I, for one, will never forget and will always be grateful to all those who gave their lives to secure our freedom and way of life. May they rest in peace.

Taff.

 

[trucker17]

WWII ended 18 years before I was born. My dad served in the Marines during WWII in the Pacific Theater, Me and my brother and sister were brought up in a strict Marine Corps household. Being raised a Marine Corps brat, and on bases, I had seen and talked to a lot of men who served from both theaters, and have always held the utmost respect for them. May they rest in peace.
Seeing how they talked about seeing their friends and brothers fall during the fighting, for many of these people, it was the only time I seen then cry. For me I never had to look very far to see a HERO, Many of the bases I was on with my mother and father, they were everywhere I looked. I learned a lot from everyone of them, and know WE ALL OWE THEM more then we could ever repay.
Our service men and women will always have my gratitude and respect.
Craig.

 

[Roger]

Thanks for starting the thread Paul. I'm watching a number of documentaries on tv tonight and being reminded what a momentous task D day was and at such a cost.

 

[mal998]

A salute to my dad, who passed prematurely in 1986. He and his commrades landed D-Day +6 on Utah Beach and fought his way through France, into Belgium, Netherlands and across the Rhine. I'm thinking of you today, Dad



Here he was getting the Bronze Star.

 

[Marvin Carter]

My dad was in the big red one in WWII, He was being loaded up on the liberty ships and they asked if any one knew how to drive trucks. well the old man said he was taught in the CC camps, so off to Chicago to train the the Negro's to drive trucks, and they were the ones that helped build the alcon hwy in Alaska during WWII, MY dad company was almost wiped out on the first wave of Omaha beach. Think he said 13 men made it off the beach. To the day he died he still would say a prayer for those guys every night!!!

Wallace Dugan Carter
Age: 17
Camp Roberts California 1943

 

[robert41]

My uncle was there. Could not take any pictures. Survived the war. Never forget.

 

[Moses03]

Salute.

Never forget...