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I've posted this on previous D-Day anniversaries with no luck. Does anyone have a listing of the "47 immortals" referenced by Marshall in this linked article that saved the Omaha beach landing from disaster? It really is sad that it has taken less than 75 years for us to have forgotten this important part of our history and can't even honor all of their their names. This seems like a great research project for some young historian. At least we know Lieutenant Walter Taylor of Baker Company was one of them. I tip my hat to you and the 46 others that saved the day.
1 posted on 06/07/2019 6:05:54 AM PDT by Nicojones
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Marshall appears to be better viewed in the category of historical fiction, and the number 47, especially in the context of stories about brave warriors, has literary (and historical) precedent in the story of the Forty-seven Ronin. It could be an intentional or even unconscious reference to that - It was certainly the first thing I thought of when I read the phrase “forty-seven immortals”


2 posted on 06/07/2019 6:28:45 AM PDT by Trapper6012
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In the final analysis it was the US Navy, not the US Amry that saved the day on Omaha Beach.


7 posted on 06/07/2019 11:52:10 AM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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Why were the nazi bunkers not being bombed an hour before the invasion?


8 posted on 06/07/2019 1:39:31 PM PDT by mowowie
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thank you for this.
unbelievable..


13 posted on 06/07/2019 2:03:15 PM PDT by mowowie
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bump


14 posted on 06/08/2019 8:28:24 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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bump


15 posted on 06/08/2019 8:28:25 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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