Posted on 05/28/2022 6:26:25 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
American troops of the 1st Infantry Division leaving the port of Weymouth, England
en route to Omaha Beach in Normandy in June 1944
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June 6th, 1944- Into the Jaws of Death
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Tom Jensen, sergeant with the 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company, told the Chicago Tribune that many of the men he served with had no idea where they were going on that day:
They didn't tell us anything we didn't need to know. Heck, some of the guys on our ship thought we were headed to Japan, not Normandy. Just months earlier, we were either in high school or working odd jobs.
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This Memorial Day, in addition to my Father and Uncles who served in WW2, I’ll be remembering my husband who flew over Vietnam 64 times as a crew chief on a KC 135 and was based in Thailand.
He died the day before Thanksgiving of an Agent Orange related illness. He was a man of honor who loved his country with all his heart.
It’s tragic the VA doesn’t appreciate his service. They delayed and denied his, now my claim, forcing me to hire an attorney.
The way the VA treats our American Heroes is a shame upon this country.
I thank God for these Heroes who were willing to lay down their lives for the freedom of others. May they rest in peace in the loving arms of Christ.
As long as there are Patriots living in America, they will never be forgotten.
My Dad would have had his 99th birthday Monday,
but he has been gone from this life more than four decades ago.
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My dad was in the Air Force during WWII. He was proud to serve his country.
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God such men lived."
Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
https://daysofsunshine.blog/2020/07/04/freedom-has-a-flavor-the-protected-shall-never-know/
One of my wife’s brothers was exposed to Agent Orange in Nam.
As of this time, YTD, he is still being treated by a VA that requires an overnight trip to get admitted and treated.
His wife died a year ago with acute blood disorders. None of her sisters, aunts, grandmothers or female cousins have had that problem.
My Dad was an army motorcycle courier in WWI and was in an accident that broke his back, neck and shoulder. Then, he caught the 1918 flu while in a hospital recovering from the accident.
His older brother, more of a dad than his real father, visited him in an army hospital. The brother caught the 1918 Spanish flu and died 3 days after his visit.
My Dad was declared totally disabled in 1946 and in the 1960’s spent more time in a VA hospital, than he did out of the hospital.
Thanks for your family’s service and your personal losses.
Link doesn’t work, where are the photos?
Link appears to have gotten mangled.
https://historydaily.org/67-colorized-photos-captured-way-more-than-expected
Thanks
Thanks for posting.
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