[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

[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...

[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.

[Alas Babylon!]

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

From this Air Force retiree:

[linMcHlp]

Worth a read:

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/vierville-sur-mer-cracking-a-cricial-draw-at-omaha-beach/