FReeper Canteen ~ D-Day, June 6, 1944 ~ 06 June 2012

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[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

Blackie

[real saxophonist]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, AngelesCrestHighway...great picture of a Higgins boat. (I just learned what the boats were called last evening.)

[21twelve]

“Andrew Higgins is the man who won the war for us.”
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1964 interview

The President went on to explain: “If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel), we never could have landed over an open beach. The whole strategy of the war would have been different.”

And as Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret) said, “The Higgins boats broke the gridlock on the ship-to-shore movement. It is impossible to overstate the tactical advantages this craft gave U.S. amphibious commanders in World War II.”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, real saxophonist, for sharing your Dad's experience. And we thank him for his service to our country.

[SandRat]

D-Day just one of many battles in effort to defeat Germans, WWII survivor says

[Kathy in Alaska]

What an amazing feat America and her Allies entered into that day. What leaders we had-Backbones of steel.

Needs repeating!!

Thanks for the video as well...quite interesting.

Graphics and YouTubes blocked at work.....got out my iPad to see and listen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Meg...((HUGS))...beautiful remembrance, and thanks for the link.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And chalk up a win for the Cubbies!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Woohoo! How was your first day at your new job?

Did you play well with others?

[AZamericonnie]

Wonderful thread celebrating our heroes Kathy & thank you for it! *Hugs*

Eternal gratitude to all who serve!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, mountainlion....really cool video of the HIggins boats.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Kathy.
(((HUGS)))

[GulfWar1Vet]

Where can I get a copy of this, of the Grey Brigade?

[ConorMacNessa]

Freepmail me your email addy and I'll send it to you.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Arrowhead1952]

Went great, but the head ranger can talk the ears of an elephant. He never shut up for the entire 8 hours.

[real saxophonist]

If anyone's looking for a good book to read, find a copy of 'Parachute Infantry', by David Kenyon Webster. One of the 'Band of Brothers', but it's told from his perspective, not that of a historian.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Catching up....

Welcome to the Canteen, Perseverando. Thanks for the link to the National D-Day Memorial. Looks like a good place to visit and learn more about D-Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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