FReeper Canteen ~ D-DAY, June 6, 1944 ~ 06 June 2024

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

Perfect tune for D-Day! Thanks, Songcraft.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...things we MUST remember! Glad you enjoyed them.

[radu]

Harold McMurran speaks about D-Day

I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Mr. McMurran two years ago when he showed up for a tour at the military museum. He didn't say much about D-Day while he was there but there are a few videos of him talking about his training for and involvement in the events.

He was a very nice man and we enjoyed meeting him. Sadly, he passed away about 6 months later. Rest In Peace, Harold.

[radu]

Oooooooo! Great! That’s a good soaking, and you needed it.

I ate almost half the pizza before I got back home. LOL It’s a few miles to Tullahoma, where I got it, and I didn’t want to wait. It’s long gone now. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Allegra....80 years since D-Day and none served at the age of zero. God Bless them all!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Finally...hump day is over, and we made it!!

[luvie]

Richard Rodgers~Victory At Sea--D-Day

[stylin19a]

thanx for that.

this one just blows my mind...everything that went into the prep for DDay.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/normandy-landing/32098563#5

It’s worth the download to watch it large on a PC.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless your father in law and we thank him for his service to our country.

[luvie]

Oh, thanks for sharing this!

[ExTexasRedhead]

Military vehicles and aircraft in Normandy after D-Day Veterans arrive by ferry 🏅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sAHRmypbg8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nice...both. And we thank your Dad for his service to our country.

[radu]

You’re welcome.

He gets a little choked up at one point and that made my eyes leak. TOUGH memories for those who survived.

[Songcraft]

Thank you.

[Songcraft]

(By the way, Kathy, my Dad passed in 2000.   He's in Heaven now, and I know he'd treasure your appreciation.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

D-Day National Memorial, Bedford VA...

Normandy Visitor Center...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial...

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Symmetry...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Paratrooper applies war paint...

Bomb craters at Pointe du Hoc...

[linMcHlp]

U.S. Navy Destroyers at Normandy
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/destroyers-at-normandy

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First Wave Landings, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map05.jpg

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Later Assault Landings, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map06.jpg

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Vierville-St-Laurent Area to Noon, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map07.jpg

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St-Laurent-Colleville Area to Noon, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map08.jpg

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World War II - Normandy Invasion - Utah Beach area photos
http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/utahbeach8thofjune1944.html

Stolly.org general collection:

World War II European Theater of Operations 1944

EXAMPLE:

Command post of the 5th and 6th ESB's Omaha Beach, on the 10th of June 1944
http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/commandpostofthe5thand6thesbsomahabeachonthe10thofjune1944.jpg

That is German gun position, designated WN65 First American Headquarters Omaha Beach

WN65 is a concrete casemate located in the centre of Omaha Beach in the Easy Red Sector.

The casemate housed a 50mm anti-tank gun which is still present today. After it's capture on D-Day it became the first American Headquarters on Omaha Beach.

German defenses and American plans - simplified map
http://www.historyofwar.org/Maps/omaha_plans.jpg

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[luvie]

I totally understand. They all lost so much. Friends, loved ones, their wives or girlfriends. But they did it anyway. For us.