ATTEN-HUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAND SALUTE!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The guy on the right with the Musette bag around his neck was my Dads platoon Sgt. Bill Boyle Co E 502 PIR. His uniform is on display in Caranten France along with my Dad’s Jump Boots.http://www.paratrooper-museum.org/en/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cIC97C17dc
Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have
striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The
hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on
other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war
machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of
Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world......I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in
battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!
Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great
and noble undertaking.” ~ Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower
