Something to remember for Memorial Day

[Keith]

Applause (http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/budweiser/superbowl_2005/budweiser/applause/applause_600k.wvx) .....

[Keith]

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Today is the day for this.

[wodinoneeye]

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Today is the day for this.



It has been American soldiers who have protected/guaranteed American Liberties/Rights/Freedoms, not 'protesters'.

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow/
between the crosses row on row/
That mark our place; and in the sky/
The larks, still bravely singing, fly/
Scarce heard amid the guns below./
Take up our quarrel with the foe:/
To you from failing hands we throw/
The torch; be yours to hold it high./
If ye break faith with us who die/
We shall not sleep,/
though poppies grow, In Flanders fields

[MAX-1]

Woody,
Remember ~ http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showpost.php?p=98817&postcount=6

WHATS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showpost.php?p=99233&postcount=3



I still like mine,
It's so 21st Century
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8797

[wodinoneeye]

Woody,
Remember ~ http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showpost.php?p=98817&postcount=6

WHATS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showpost.php?p=99233&postcount=3



I still like mine,
It's so 21st Century
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8797




As usual the libtard is stuck in their little delusional world.....

Head back in the sand libtard.



Now back to the Memorial Day topic.



In Flanders fields the poppies blow/
between the crosses row on row/
That mark our place; and in the sky/
The larks, still bravely singing, fly/
Scarce heard amid the guns below./
Take up our quarrel with the foe:/
To you from failing hands we throw/
The torch; be yours to hold it high./
If ye break faith with us who die/
We shall not sleep,/
though poppies grow, In Flanders fields.



And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not.

[wodinoneeye]

6th of June Omaha Beach Normandy France .........


Something that many people never have heard of -- that several Navy destroyers came in near the beach (almost running aground) to fire point blank at German fortifications that were killing the soldiers stuck on the beach.

The sailors on the landing craft also had high casualties.

[Keith]

To Omaha and Back (http://panzerblitz.proboards9.com/index.cgi?board=stories&action=display&thread=1017556020)

[wodinoneeye]

To Omaha and Back (http://panzerblitz.proboards9.com/index.cgi?board=stories&action=display&thread=1017556020)


from ^^^


My father remembers watching the beach. One incident has remained with him since that day. "I was looking over the beach area with my binoculars," he recalled. "Up on the cliffs I saw a German soldier moving. All of a sudden there was an explosion. When the smoke cleared he was gone." The U.S. Navy destroyer Shubrick also reported seeing a German walking on the cliffs; her captain figured he was an officer scouting out gun positions. The destroyer fired four rounds at the unfortunate enemy soldier and claimed a direct hit.

"In between the drifting smoke and dust clouds, I could see the beach area. It was full of carnage, but there was little we could do about it," said Hyde. Some of the destroyers closed to less than 1,000 yards off the beach, with only a few inches of water under their keels. The courageous crews of these ships provided the artillery backup for soldiers trapped on the beach and filled in for the lack of tank support.

[thischarmingman]

let's not forget the brits, soviets, canadians, australians, french, germans, poles, czechs, danes, italians, irish, hungarians, south africans, bulgarians, greeks, arabs, japanese, chinese, slovakians, norwegians, finns, siamese, burmese, and even the iraqis who lost their lives too

[maucat]

Thank God we can all still smile and have something to smile at.

Thanks Keith

Applause (http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/budweiser/superbowl_2005/budweiser/applause/applause_600k.wvx) .....

[MarkDuffy]

Cross-linking --> Giving Thankx on Memorial Day (http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8785)

:)

[MarkDuffy]

let's not forget the brits, soviets, canadians, australians, french, germans, poles, czechs, danes, italians, irish, hungarians, south africans, bulgarians, greeks, arabs, japanese, chinese, slovakians, norwegians, finns, siamese, burmese, and even the iraqis who lost their lives too

Absolutely, Thischarmingman. Thank you! :)

Absolutely!

[Keith]

For those that would like to help there is a organization of mothers that send care packages and mail to men that don't get them. It's called Adopt A Platoon (http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/).

"The AdoptaPlatoon Soldier Support Effort™ founded in 1998 is a nonprofit 501C-3 organization managed nationwide by volunteer mothers to ensure that deployed United States Service members in all branches of the military are not forgotten by providing needed mail support and to promote patriotism in our schools and communities. To provide a better deployment quality of life, lift morale, and assist military families, the AAP created projects that meet the need of military requests, established special projects for holidays, and assigns individual morale lifting mail support to service members of all branches of the U.S. military serving their Nation around the world."

[thischarmingman]

Absolutely, Thischarmingman. Thank you! :)

Absolutely!

i forgot serbs, bosnians, croats, ukrainians, indians, estonians, latvians and lithuanians, sorry. my bad

[wodinoneeye]

World War II bomber found in Mojave Desert
KGET.com ^ | June 05, 2006 | KGET.com


Posted on 06/07/2006 9:54:40 PM PDT by Marius3188


An aviation archaeologist discovered the lost wreckage of a World War II bomber in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A military recovery mission is underway with the discovery of decades-old bones.

“It's very, very...it's an emotional experience,” said U.S. Marines Captain George Murphy. “Even though we didn't know these men personally, we share a common experience.”

On April 09, 1944, a B-24D Bomber went down during a training mission just southwest of the then Mojave Marine Corps Air Station.

The coroner issued death certificates to the families of all ten men on board. And, the cause of the crash was listed as pilot error.

Now, 60 years later, the site has been cleaned up and all but forgotten.

Until, amateur wreck chaser Don Jordan set out to find the site five years ago, and stumbled on it last summer.

“He did finally find it and posted it on his Website,” said Kelly Cowan Kern County Deputy Coroner.

“And, then the niece of the radio operator of this particular plane read that and asked Mr. Jordan to retrieve some sand and some sort of artifact for her,” said Cowan.

Jordan honored her request.

He also called in members of the POW and MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) out of Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, after finding several bone fragments.

The command setup shop over a month ago and has carefully unearthed personal artifacts like zippers, and dog tags and even more skeletal remains.

Back then, witnesses said the plane hit nose first in the location where recovery teams are now digging.

Whatever the team finds will be taken back to the base in Hawaii for identification, including DNA analysis of the bone fragments.

The team's archaeologist said its part of their pledge.

“It may take 60 years, but we will return home every fallen service member, back,” said Dr. William Belcher Forensic Archeologist.