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Old 06-06-2007, 08:57 AM   #1
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In remembrance to the thousands who died during the D-Day invasion 63 year ago today.

Thank you.



Omaha Beach, Normandy coast. First wave of American troops landing on D-Day.
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Old 06-06-2007, 10:34 AM   #2
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In remembrance to the thousands who died during the D-Day invasion 63 year ago today.

Thank you.



Omaha Beach, Normandy coast. First wave of American troops landing on D-Day.
You can say that again.
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Old 06-06-2007, 10:46 AM   #3
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Good thread 83


and amen to the big thankyou that all them boys deserve
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Old 06-06-2007, 11:09 AM   #4
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Nice thread and 100% agreed.

Those that put their lives on the line should always be remembered.
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wow, it totally slipped my mind that today was d-day. today after work i will have to watch atleast the 1st part of Saving Private Ryan so i can reflect and really feel it.

"Earn this" - Captain John H. Miller

may we all "earn" what they sacrificed for.
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OMAHA BEACH
by Peter Thomas Pvt. 1st Infantry Division
(author participated in the D-Day invasion)


When we went in the Beach had been taken
The living fought on -- the dead forsaken
We were dropped into water up to our shoulders
We waded in -- a group of green soldiers
Onto that thin strip of beach
So many had tried to reach
They were the ones who went in first
Among the machine gun fire and shell burst



They went to watery graves
Sinking under the waves
The water was red
Red from the dead
Red from the dying
In agony crying
Those who made the land
Were not able to stand
They fell on the sand


Writhing in pain
Screaming for help in vain
Every advantage was on the hill
They murdered our men at will
We kept coming in from the sea
Wave after wave as far as you could see



Sheer courage and determination won
Not believing they were done
Dictated the victory that day
Others in the future will say
When they stand on that mighty height and say "I dont get it"
And look down on that beach "I don't see how they did it"



They fought for every inch, fought for it all
Up the sides of that fortified wall
Over the tops of those cliffs so tall
from the air, sea and on the land
they bravely died upon that sand



Beneath stars of david and white crosses
We buried our losses
Still there for us to see
Those who died so we could be free .
We can never forget but humbly beseech
Dear God bless the men who died on Omaha Beach
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Awesome poem.

God bless those serving today.

God bless the souls of those who sacrificed their lives so that I may live freely.
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God bless all who have served and families who have suffered a loss of those who have stood in harm's way for our benefit.
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3 years ago one of the tour guides from the D-Day Museum visited my Kiwanis club and talked about D-Day. He was a landing craft pilot for the invasion. Great storyteller.

Unfortunately, given his age I can't be sure he's still alive, and given certain events in August 2005 I can't be sure he's still in New Orleans.
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