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James Woods: This is what many Americans celebrate with pride this month.(D-Day June 6th, 1944)
Twitter ^ | 6/6/2023 | James Woods

Posted on 06/06/2023 3:43:11 PM PDT by ransomnote

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1666168775245443073



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 19440606; dday; jameswoods; twitter; worldwareleven; wwii

1 posted on 06/06/2023 3:43:11 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Well said, Mr. Woods!


2 posted on 06/06/2023 3:44:09 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ransomnote

I certainly celebrate it with pride. Even though my Grandfather was in the pacific fighting the Japanese instead of the Germans.


3 posted on 06/06/2023 3:46:13 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: ransomnote

BRAVO!!!!


4 posted on 06/06/2023 3:46:14 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ransomnote

Thanks for the reminder of what is important.


5 posted on 06/06/2023 3:46:59 PM PDT by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: ransomnote

It is fitting that the atheistic neopagans dedicate the whole month of June to vile abomination, while Christians dedicate the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the pro-American citizens of this nation dedicate a single day for Memorial Day.

What does that tell you about our society? For more and more of us, nothing good, to say the least.


6 posted on 06/06/2023 3:51:07 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

My father was there on day two. Rarely talked about it.


7 posted on 06/06/2023 4:11:37 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Magic Fingers; bitt; ransomnote; rodguy911; mosaicwolf; tet68; Red Badger; Tilted Irish Kilt; ...

The D-Day Cameraman Who Filmed Assaults Waves on June 6, 1944 - WWII Then & Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkxH_qclYY

In this D-Day Omaha Beach mini-documentary we discover the story my the only motion picture cameraman, Sgt. Richard Taylor, that landed on Omaha Beach on the Morning of June 6, 1944.

MAHA BEACH: Last Living 1st Wave D-Day Officer on Storming Normandy - American Veterans Center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGh51ZgU5k

John C. Raaen, Jr., graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1943. Commissioned as a 2nd. Lt. in the Corps of Engineers, he joined the newly activated 5th Ranger Battalion where he underwent extensive training in Florida, England, and finally Scotland in preparation for the invasion of occupied Europe.

On June 6, 1944, Raaen and his rangers were supposed to follow the 2nd Ranger Battalion and attack Pointe du Hoc, but delays and miscommunication saw Raaen and his Rangers rerouted directly to Omaha Beach. The 5th Rangers landed intact as a battalion and thus became the dominant influence on Omaha Dog Beach.

During his first time in combat, Raaen, who was an Army Captain at the time, distinguished himself on the beaches of Normandy France. He was awarded the Silver Star and Combat Infantryman Badge for his actions on that day.


8 posted on 06/06/2023 4:19:06 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: EvilCapitalist

I do too, even though dad didn’t go in on D-Day. He went in at Utah beach about a week after, driving a jeep towing artillery stuff.


9 posted on 06/06/2023 4:21:29 PM PDT by OKSooner (Kevin McCarthy is John Boehner minus the excuse of alcoholism.)
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To: ransomnote
My great uncle was a Lt in the 2nd ID and landed at Omaha Beach D-Day+1 and was killed, within 1 week.

He was my maternal Grandfather's BIL.

Most of my Mother's relatives served in the European theater.

My Father and his cousins ended up in the Pacific.

10 posted on 06/06/2023 4:28:30 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: ransomnote

Thanks - I hadn’t seen anything posted by him in ages - glad he’s still around and apparently still going strong. A great, great actor and patriot!!


11 posted on 06/06/2023 4:52:13 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ransomnote

Thank you for posting!


12 posted on 06/06/2023 5:27:39 PM PDT by Pathfinder
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Thanks much for the links!


13 posted on 06/06/2023 6:36:50 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: ransomnote

Now, that is something worth celebrating.


14 posted on 06/06/2023 7:10:56 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: ransomnote

15 posted on 06/06/2023 7:25:30 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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