God bless and never forget

[vdep217]

Seen a little bit on the news.  But not much.  Never forget the men of D day June 6th 1944.  My grand father Peter defoscia first wave earned purple heart on D day.  Fought 3 days with a round in his shoulder and in his leg

Edited June 6 by vdep217

[Lunatic]

Al was one of them. Died last year at 96yo. Great guy, very good friend. 

[Fred Flintstone]

  My Fathers Brother Bill who,I am named after made it to day 3 of The Normandy Invasion.  The Halftrack he was in hit a German mine. Like many - he was probably  fighting distant relatives and never knew it.  Name of Schmidt here.

   I still have my Grandfathers papers of when he became a American Citizen  back in the mid 1930s. He made some good money during the late 30s with Bareknuckle Boxing. Very similar to the movie- Hard Times with Charles Bronson. His papers list him at 5'8"/165lbs. All Muscle from what my Father told me

    Anyway 2 of his Sons went to fight for the Americans in WW2 and just 1 came back. I believe  Bill was just 20 when he was killed.

  My Father- much younger then his 2 Brothers opted for the Navy in 1956.

[mike033089]

my grandfather was in ww2, dont believe he stormed the beaches.  was more northern africa and italy.  took photos of Mussolini hanging from the gas stations.  those were serious men back then.  i couldnt even imagine.   

[bushden]

AND THE ACTIONS OF THOSE MEN ARE WHY WE STAND WITH HAND OVER HEART FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM and never take a knee for BS attention.

[MikeStaten]

Incredible what they endured.  Especially when you consider that many were teenagers.   

[Greybeard]

80 years ago today, he was in the hospital with scarlet fever when 70% of his platoon was killed.  13 of his schoolmates from Riverdale did not come home from the war.

Edited June 6 by Greybeard

[jumpthestring]

The Greatest Generation  Ever  !

[hunterbob1]

2 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

Now I think I know why you went to the cemetery in Butler two birds with one stone.I know your dad served must have been a great man and the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.I obviously never met him but if I did I would say thank you for your service!!!Beautiful memento memorabilia 

[gobblergetter]

Never forget and always stand for the flag, cause many young men fell for it

[hunterbob1]

Thank you Matt or Rusty

Edited June 8 by hunterbob1

[Bucksnbows]

22 minutes ago, hunterbob1 said:

Thank you Matt or Rusty

It was another mod, but doesn’t matter. That was ridiculous. (Post hidden)

[hunterbob1]

1 minute ago, Bucksnbows said:

It was another mod, but doesn’t matter. That was ridiculous. (Post hidden)

Okay thank you Brian

[Bucksnbows]

6 minutes ago, hunterbob1 said:

Okay thank you Brian

Not me. I came to the table late. Just saw it after it was already hidden. 

[hunterbob1]

Unfortunately if I remember from my history classes 4 died days later

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