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FReeper Canteen ~ D-Day, June 6, 1944 ~ 06 June 2012
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 06/05/2012 5:59:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks Kathy!
{{HUGS}}
Blackie
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posted on
06/06/2012 12:19:26 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
06/06/2012 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Welcome to the Canteen, AngelesCrestHighway...great picture of a Higgins boat. (I just learned what the boats were called last evening.)
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posted on
06/06/2012 1:17:23 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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.
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posted on
06/06/2012 1:56:24 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: real saxophonist
Thanks, real saxophonist, for sharing your Dad's experience. And we thank him for his service to our country.
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posted on
06/06/2012 2:12:09 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
06/06/2012 3:09:28 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Chgogal
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.
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posted on
06/06/2012 4:27:58 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MEG33
Good afternoon, Meg...((HUGS))...beautiful remembrance, and thanks for the link.
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posted on
06/06/2012 4:32:41 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: tomkow6
And chalk up a win for the Cubbies!
To: Arrowhead1952
Woohoo! How was your first day at your new job?
Did you play well with others?
To: Kathy in Alaska
Wonderful thread celebrating our heroes Kathy & thank you for it! *Hugs*
Eternal gratitude to all who serve!
To: mountainlion
Thanks, mountainlion....really cool video of the HIggins boats.
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you, Kathy.
(((HUGS)))
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posted on
06/06/2012 5:55:57 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(O Lord, Guide Our Nation)
To: ConorMacNessa
Where can I get a copy of this, of the Grey Brigade?
To: GulfWar1Vet
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)
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posted on
06/06/2012 6:51:51 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Went great, but the head ranger can talk the ears of an elephant. He never shut up for the entire 8 hours.
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posted on
06/06/2012 7:52:42 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(It's time to take out the trash in DC.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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.
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posted on
06/07/2012 9:07:06 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)
To: Perseverando
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.
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