Comments on: Sixty Eight Years Ago Today

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:06:55 +0000

His insincerity generates contempt, not respect.

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:59:13 +0000

My dad would be 99 were he still with us. His nickname, I found out at his funeral, was “Pappy,” because at 30, he was several years older than most of his men. He didn’t participate in the beachside activities, being otherwise occupied in Italy at the time.

By: icesweeper

icesweeper — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:15:54 +0000

This may appear to be a minor quibble, but my understanding is Neptune was organizing the Naval materiel and ships necessary to get the troops and equipment across, and Overlord was the actual beach landing. Neptune was I am sure a strategic and logistical challenge, but the real loss of life and ultimate sacrifice was done at/during Operation Overlord.

Regardless, for BHO to not memorialize the day is ………. well, I can’t say incredible, since no one should be surprised anymore.

By: lizfstone

lizfstone — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:51:59 +0000

was one of the 195,700 naval personnel that day. He drove landing craft onto Omaha Beach and then picked up the dead in the water afterwards. On June 2, he had turned 19-years-old. Fate was with him on June 6, he bent over and when he looked up, his friend had been decapitated from shrapnel. Fortunately for us, he’s still around at a young 87.

As I get older, the enormity of what he participated in becomes greater to me. A few years ago, I took him to the World War II Memorial in DC…several younger men stopped him to ask where he served and to thank him. That was an emotional day for him, and one I will remember forever.

By: rabun1016

rabun1016 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:35:57 +0000

This is a shorter three minute version with some Reagan commentary. If you can watch this without a tear in your eye, you are not an American.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgDZdFQY3iM

By: evilbloggerlady

evilbloggerlady — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:06:19 +0000

Thank you to all who served... This is also the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which was the turning point in the War in the Pacific.

By: Tbone

Tbone — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:57:55 +0000

Reagan makes him look like such an insignificant twerp.