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What a day?!

Amj Reyes @Soobinah (452) 19 May

Today is our D-Day, the one I’ve been preparing for the past few weeks. It’s exhausting and nerve-wracking because the chiefs are attending this activity. No room for mistakes — everything has to be perfect. We left the office at...

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Omaha Beach

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 15 Mar 21

A few years ago now, I walked along Omaha Beach where Allied forces invest Europe on X-Ray. I was overcome by the experience, especially because I knew a man who was there for the attack and said that he felt lucky to have gotten...

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When People Don't Think Before they Post....

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 13 Jun 19

I saw a Facebook post from the amusement park, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. They announced a special for Military Veterans. They have a few Military Appreciation Days where currently serving and veterans get in free. They also...

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D-Day

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 6 Jun 19

Being today is the anniversary of D-Day I thought I should say something about it. The day that started the turn of WWII. The operation included British, Canadian and American troops making an assault from the English Channel,...

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June 6 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222302) • United States 6 Jun 19

1944 - D-Day - The Allied Forces invade Normandy, France, in the Second World War. 1933 - The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1947 - Robert Englund was born. He is an American actor, voice actor,...

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97 Year Old Veteran Parachutes

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 6 Jun 19

Tom Rice, 97 years old now, was one of 13,000 U.S. paratroopers who landed behind enemy lines before the D-Day invasion. 75 years later, he and his comrades recreated that important leap to celebrate freedom and honor those who...

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Rock Painting This Morning

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 6 Jun 19

Before you list me as missing in action, I thought I would let you know I am leaving to go rock painting this morning. I don't have anything in mind at the moment, so we'll see what my artistic or not nature comes up with. For...

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D Day. 75th Anniversary. 6th of June.

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (24004) • United Kingdom 6 Jun 19

Today many memorial services are taking place in France and around Europe to remember those from all sides who gave their lives so that we can enjoy our freedom. I had the fortune to meet some veterans on the QM2 as they made...

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Remembering the Fallen

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 10 Nov 18

This weekend is marked as Remembrance Weekend here in the UK and its origins go back to the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 - the end of the Great War/World War I. Tonight, with tears of sorrow and pride, I...

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Diary 5th And 6th June 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Jun 17

Diary Monday 5th June 2017 A quiet day after such an active weekend but it let me catch up on shopping, and job search activity and laundry. I had an early for the next morning so I was in bed dead on midnight. Diary Tuesday...

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Today in History

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 6 Jun 16

Today In History If you were born on June 6, there is a lot that happened on this day in history. Below is a brief summary of what happened on this day. 1523 - Gustav became king of Sweden 1641 - Spain lost Portugal 1674 -...

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A Museum Devoted to the Normandy Landings

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382067) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Nov 15

Our last visit in Bayeux was to the Musee Memorial de la Bataille de Normandie, a museum devoted to the Normandy landings of World War II. Before going through the various rooms, we watched a video about the Normandy landings....

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Youtube Of The Ian Campbell Folk Group The D Day Dodgers

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Nov 15

As it is Remembrance Sunday, here is an all too rarely performed angry anti-war song. The phrase D-Day Dodgers was cruelly used to refer to soldiers who didn’t get involved in the D-Day Normandy Landings for the simple reason...

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