D-Day / myLot

United States

June 6, 2019 4:14pm CST

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, over 160,000 troops crossed the channel that day. They said that by the end of the operation, at the end of August over 2 million troops crossed the channel and of that there was 226,386 casualties. Can you imagine being one of those troops crossing on D-Day? As a combat veteran I can not even imagine that. The bullets flying, trying to cross the open sand, the water it is all to much to try and imagine what it was like. These troops average age was 20 years old. I guess that is one of the reasons we call them the Greatest Generation, sadly we are losing all those that survived that.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

6 Jun 19

I saw most of it today.A big surprise on Donald Trump he had a very good speech there.Did you hear this

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

7 Jun 19

I have not seen it, I might want to take a look at it.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

13 Jun 19

@didinedhia He did not write it.He has w riters do this for him

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dhia eddine

@didinedhia (8482)

• Algeria

13 Jun 19

No i didnt

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Angie

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

6 Jun 19

We have one here left. He is in his 90's

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

6 Jun 19

A couple years back I had the chance to meet with one, me and 5 other prior service members and he was telling about it and the only time I seen 6 grown men cry like babies listening to his story.

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ParaTed2k

@ParaTed2k (22940)

• Sheboygan, Wisconsin

7 Jun 19

The greatest they are!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208906)

• United States

6 Jun 19

I think Saving Private Ryan does a pretty good depiction of what was happening on D Day. The opening series, was very lifelike, according to those who were there.

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

7 Jun 19

Yes, that is what I hear. I have seen that movie a bunch of times.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

7 Jun 19

Yes, we don't have many veterans of WW11 left. They had a horrible job to do and they did it. Some of them just kids 18 and 19 years old. I hope the younger generation are studying it in school and never let it be forgotten.

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28658)

• United States

7 Jun 19

We need to pass that information down. Hopefully people will pass it along to their kids.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

13 Jun 19

@Bensen32 I'm concerned that many kids don't know about the Holocaust.These things need to be taught in school.