D-Day 24 Hours (D-Day As It Happened)

https://www.youtube.com/@D-Day24Hours-sm5pe ^ | June 5, 2023 | Time Ghost

[dfwgator]

Time Ghost just started their 24-Hour D-Day As It Happened, they are in the 3rd Hour Now.

https://www.youtube.com/@D-Day24Hours-sm5pe

[OKSooner]

Maybe one will watch The Longest Day again tomorrow night.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I’ve watched the first couple of hours and find it’s excellently done.

[ealgeone]

Maybe this is what we should be remembering and celebrating.

[rockrr]

This looks interesting - thanks for posting.

(BTW: my dad didn’t land at Normandy but he did land at Cherbourg)

[Night Hides Not]

Not many of those heroes left, I can't imagine the hell they went through.

I'll post an email at work tomorrow, I will be surprised if a quarter get it right.

[Gay State Conservative]

later

[Texas resident]

Not many of those heroes left, I can’t imagine the hell they went through....

I had a neighbor in the 70’s that was part of the first landing group. He made it off the beach and a couple of miles inland before he caught a machine gun bullet in the shin. His war was over. He always wore shorts in the summer and wore his wound like a badge of honor. Tough old guy.

All the dads in my neighborhood were either WW2 or Korea vets. A bunch of hard asses, but it made us better kids.

[radu]

Thank you so much for posting this. I’m halfway through the first hour and will watch all 24 of them the next day or two. Very interesting, this first one is so far.
Having had the pleasure and honor of meeting a couple of D-Day veterans at the military museum where I work, this really has my attention.

[Billthedrill]

Thanks for the link! The guy on the right, Indy Neidell, was involved in the incredible Great War series. OK, here we go...

[dfwgator]

The Pearl Harbor As-It Happened was great as well.

[Retain Mike]

In college I often ended up as a dishwasher at the country club. I noticed the chef always limped as he moved around the kitchen. When he saw my puzzled look, he said he got the limp from a wound received when he was with the Rangers at Pointe De Hoc. He thought he would not have been mustered out, but they were not relieved for two days.

I have watch Band of Brothers all the way through a couple times now. Every few weeks I will watch the last scene selection of the first disk to see them take off that evening. They already knew landings in North Africa and Sicily had turned out badly. Now 20,000 paratroopers were going to jump the night before the landings and only 17 years after Lindburg crossed the Atlantic for the first time. The music written for the series made the show.

Tomorrow I will post my contribution to D-Day remembrance called Eisenhower and His Paratroopers.

[married21]

Thank you for this post. My husband and I have watched 3 hours so far. Very interesting.

[married21]

Which military museum do you work at?

[radu]

The Sam Werner Military Museum in Monteagle, TN. I’m one of the tour guides there and love every minute of it.

[married21]

That’s very cool. It’s the dedication of folks like you that keeps history alive.

[SunkenCiv]

[Alas Babylon!]

Wasn't alive that day, but I still honor and remember!

From this Air Force retiree:

[Grampa Dave]

All the dads in my neighborhood were either WW2 or Korea vets. A bunch of hard asses, but it made us better kids.

I’m 84, and we had one more group of Vets besides your 2,
watching over us.

Many were WWI vets and many were like my Dad, disabled. Often, they were hard asses and led by example.

[radu]

I'm thrilled to be able to be a part of it. My husband's cousin helped get it up and running and when they bought a huge collection of military artifacts from a collector in MS, my husband helped haul it up here. That was the first year they were open. I made one trip with them and my first time in the museum was that night when they off-loaded the items. I knew I HAD to be a part of that fabulous place and this is my 6th year there.

I enjoy meeting the people who visit and by far, my favorites are the veterans. I learn a little something from each one. Some have amusing anecdotes and I add them to my spiel to bring the item they were talking about to life.

Last year, a woman with a veterans organization showed up with three veterans - - one being a D-Day vet. He didn't talk much about that day and we never press a veteran to talk. They will if they want to. BUT, I did find a video of him speaking his experiences landing on Utah Beach and fighting the Battle of the Bulge.

It was such an honor to meet Mr. McMurran and I was glad to find the video of him speaking about his experiences. Nice to learn a little more about the man.