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

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ D-DAY, June 6, 1944 ~

NORMANDY INVASION

May 1944 had been chosen at the conference in Washington in May 1943 as the time for the invasion. Difficulties in assembling landing craft forced a postponement until June, but June 5 was fixed as the unalterable date by Eisenhower on May 17. As the day approached and troops began to embark for the crossing, bad weather set in, threatening dangerous landing conditions. After tense debate, Eisenhower and his subordinates decided on a 24-hour delay, requiring the recall of some ships already at sea. Eventually, on the morning of June 5, Eisenhower, assured by chief meteorologist James Martin Stagg of a break in the weather, announced, “O.K. We’ll go”. Within hours an armada of 3,000 landing craft, 2,500 other ships, and 500 naval vessel, escorts, and bombardment ships began to leave English ports. That night 822 aircraft, carrying parachutists or towing gliders, roared overhead to the Normandy landing zones. They were a fraction of the air armada of 13,000 aircraft that would support D-Day.

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January 1944 meeting of Operation Overlord Commanders, General Eisenhower, Walter B. Smith, Omar Bradley, Arthur Tedder, Bernard Montgomery, Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Bertram Ramsay. The Eisenhower Presidential Library

GENERAL EISENHOWER’S MESSAGE SENT JUST PRIOR TO THE INVASION

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a 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.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!

Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

-- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

D-DAY AIRBORNE AND BEACH ASSAULT

The Normandy beaches were chosen by planners because they lay within range of air cover, and were less heavily defended than the obvious objective of the Pas de Calais, the shortest distance between Great Britain and the Continent. Airborne drops at both ends of the beachheads were to protect the flanks, as well as open up roadways to the interior. Six divisions were to land on the first day; three U.S., two British and one Canadian. Two more British and one U.S. division were to follow up after the assault division had cleared the way through the beach defenses.

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American Patrol

The Army Air Corps

G I Jive

A Fellow On A Furlough

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

CHANCE MEETING BRINGS CAVALRY SERGEANT FACE-TO-FACE WITH D-DAY VETERAN

Sgt. 1st Class Steve Selvage of the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment gets an autograph from 91-year-old D-Day survivor Ralph Manley in Sainte Mere Eglise, France, June 1, 2006. The two met while Selvage was in town to participate in events commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.

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AIRBORNE MUSEUM HOUSES ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTIFACTS
THAT HONOR HISTORIC JUMP DURING D-DAY INVASION

SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - This town loves paratroopers - in particular, American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne Divisions.

It was those two divisions that liberated Sainte Mere Eglise June 7, 1944, making it the first town in France to be liberated during World War II.

To show their appreciation for the veterans, an Airborne Museum opened here in 1964. A non-profit organization, all proceeds go back into the museum to pay for upkeep, new exhibits or extensions. The money is also used to provide decorations and celebrations for the anniversary of D-Day, travel for veterans, and exhibitions outside France. A large donation was also made to The National World War II museum in New Orleans, La.

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Bugle Call Rag

Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree

Jeep Jockey Jump

Moonlight Serenade

Enlisted Men's Mess

SOLDIERS PREP TO SUPPORT D-DAY CEREMONIES FOR
65TH ANNIVERSARY OF INVASION

Senior staff members of Task Force Normandy 65 pose in front of a German gun post at Pointe du Hoc, France. Task Force Normandy 65 is in France providing support and ceremonial command and control for the 65th anniversary of D-Day, June 6. Pointe du Hoc is the site of the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on a German stronghold during D-Day. Photo credit Sgt. Fay Conroy, 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

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NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 and the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its ½ mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. On the Walls of the Missing in a semicircular garden on the east side of the memorial are inscribed 1,557 names. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.

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[beachn4fun]

Good morning Ma ((HUGS)) and Thank you for keeping the Canteen open.
This was such a sad event.
So many young men died because of poor planning IMO.
Thanks for keeping the memory alive.
BTW, Lt. Col. Allen West whom I follow via emails, went back to participate in the Memorial jump.

[Fiji Hill]

The #1 song on June 6, 1944:

Long Ago & Far Away--Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes, with Tito Camarata & His Orchestra

[Fiji Hill]

The #4 song on June 6. 1944:

San Fernando Valley--Johnny Mercer & the Barries

It is said that this song increased the population of the San Fernando Valley by about a million.

[luvie]

[left that other site]

D-Day

Never Forget.

ML/LTOS

[ExTexasRedhead]

I just recd this email from long-time Freeper bevperl, please share this with everyone; post online & forward to your email list(s) & ask them to do the same.

“So many brave Americans gave their precious lives on D-Day and throughout the war until it’s end in 1945. We declared war on Japan one day after they brutally and cowardly attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. Americans responded with the brave hearts of her sons and daughters who felt every life lost in that brutal attack. According to my father, every American deeply felt the loss of their fellow Americans. America was under attack and we all united.

It was a different time, a sad time but a time of great patriotism & love of our beautiful country. America was attacked & there was no hesitation to defend her honor & to stop the evil that had dared to come onto our shores. It was a time when the hate America crowd permeating our country right now would have been run out of any town on a hot rail.

I can hear my Dad’s voice in my head on this day & this is what he is saying to me:

We fought to protect this country and we died to do just that. What the hell are Americans doing allowing this domestic enemy to ravage our own people, destroy our economy, beat innocent people on the streets, allow an invasion of America by criminals and terrorists,
murder babies up to their moment of birth & even after, abuse & traffick children.

On this day, in honor of all the brave Americans who have ever served this country, I ask you to watch the video below & get behind the one & only American who can save our country at this crucial moment. D-Day and WWII was a battle of good vs evil & we won that battle in that moment of time in our history. It was a pivotal moment.

We stand at a pivotal moment now & we are in a battle of good vs evil. We better get this right because the enemy is domestic, they are here & God help our children and grandchildren if we don’t stop them. We need our ship righted!

God Bless our Warriors & God bless President Trump. We must honor the sacrifice of all those who have fought to protect us from all enemies, foreign & domestic. We honor them by protecting and preserving our freedom & restoring our republic to Make America that Great Nation Again,

On behalf of my father & all his Brothers, I hope you’ll watch this video & share with others. Please don’t let their sacrifices be in vain.

https://ak2.rmbl.ws/s8/2/i/7/O/Z/i7OZq.caa.mp4?b=1&u=ummtf

God Bless America and All Those Who Fight For Her,

Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers”

[CMS]

Good afternoon everyone!

[ExTexasRedhead]

In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial 80 years later

https://www.jta.org/2024/06/06/religion/in-normandy-a-jewish-d-day-veteran-buried-in-a-nazi-mass-grave-will-receive-a-proper-burial-80-years-later

“... When the Army asked her where she wanted her Uncle Nate to be buried, she considered the family plot in Squirrel Hill, a Jewish neighborhood of Pittsburgh. But ultimately, she said, “I wanted him to be in Normandy” — at the American cemetery for soldiers who died in combat during the invasion, a place she describes as “just cross after cross.”

“He’ll be in the American cemetery with a Star of David, amid all those crosses,” she said. “He’s being buried next to another Jewish soldier who died. He’ll be next to a Star of David.”