Liam Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 "" Lowers head for a moment of brief silence "" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning -- we shall remember them." lest we forget. applicable to all conflict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Gen. Guderian Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Two things have altered not Since first the world began The beauty of the wild green Earth And the bravery of man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 give me Victory or give me death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 D-Day was the Longest Day, for many, it was their last day. I have alot to be thankful in my life. Jesus saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narayan Sengupta Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Here are some photos I took recently of what the various D-Day battlefields look like today. Narayan www.peachmountain.com/narayan/toSeeDoNormandy.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiver Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I wanted to say something on the 6th but I couldn't come up with anything that I felt did anyone any justice. I watched the D-Day celebrations/comemeration (why cant I spell that) on TV on Sunday and I had a lump in my throat listening and watching those old guys telling their stories and getting choked up themselves. We owe that generation a debt of gratitude and a damn site more respect and care than a lot of them receive in these commercial/consumer/instant gratification days. In the forties your average serviceman (on all sides) was drafted so for the most part WW2 was fought out between ordinary guys and that to me makes their heroism and commitment all the more impressive. I cant imagine todays 20 somethings doing the same. So let us never forget those old men, whom use walking sticks or have wheelchairs and make us feel uncomfortable at their infirmity because they were once soldiers and young proud men. My gratitude to the men who ensured my freedom. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fleet Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 And I also bow my head to the millions of soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in the merciless war on the so called Eastern Front. The simple soldiers that did not meddle in big politics, but were consumed by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 There's a wide beach near my house. Looking across and slightly to the north you used to be able to see the World Trade Towers across the bay in the distance. I went there on June 6th and sat a while looking off into that empty space and then at the waves pounding against the sand. Strange how these things sometimes tie into one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueristic Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 I show my respect to those men every VFW I walk into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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