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Remembering D-Day

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Relic:
I am truly in awe of those men. They did something so courageous, for such a noble purpose, there just aren't adequate words to pay tribute to them.

I can only imagine the terror, and resolve that those men felt in those landing craft before the door dropped. It is the best of humanity, in the worst circumstances.

I'd like to think I could have done what those guys did, but I honestly don't know.

I pray no one else has to ever do what those men did.

Bigun:

--- Quote from: Relic on June 06, 2014, 02:06:41 pm ---I am truly in awe of those men. They did something so courageous, for such a noble purpose, there just aren't adequate words to pay tribute to them.

I can only imagine the terror, and resolve that those men felt in those landing craft before the door dropped. It is the best of humanity, in the worst circumstances.

I'd like to think I could have done what those guys did, but I honestly don't know.

I pray no one else has to ever do what those men did.

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Relic I can tell you from hard personal experience that NO ONE knows what they will do when faced with a kill or be killed situation and also that just because you reacted a certain way this time does not mean you will do the same the next time.

alicewonders:
Remembrance, thanks and prayers for the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

EC:
My Uncle Morris, Dad's eldest brother, missed D-Day itself, making it ashore on the 9th. He were a lorry driver with the Transport Corps, a full load of ammunition that was needed fast his load. No one had cleared the part of the beach they landed on yet, so he said he was driving over the dead for about 2 miles. Couldn't slow down, or his lorry would get stuck, so the drive were a constant series of bumps as the wheels went over yet another body. Having to do that changed him. He were a kind and gentle man and not being able to stop and check, move the bodies out of the path at least, hurt him until his dying day.

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