June 6, 1944

Ron Smith · 06-06-2009, 09:42 AM

Today is the 65th anniversary of D Day.

Let us all pause to remember and thank the 150,000 brave young men who literally entered the jaws of hell 65years ago, so that we could live free of an unspeakable evil.

wlyon · 06-06-2009, 09:54 AM

AMEN I hope we never forget. Bill

Frank · 06-06-2009, 10:17 AM

I'm with you, Bill!! I for one will NEVER forget!!

Went Blakely · 06-06-2009, 01:08 PM

Here here lest we forget!

Tomathvl · 06-06-2009, 04:19 PM

We'll never forget because we were either alive or had relatives that were there. I really worry about future generations.
Tom

drbuster · 06-06-2009, 05:35 PM

What also worries me is that the current school generation appears not to be interested in history!

alanint · 06-06-2009, 05:38 PM

Just did a re enactment for 200 WW2 GIs, including simulated battle. My son and I are usually with the 2nd. Infantry Division, but they were short of Germans so we played German Fallshirmjaeger Regiment 3 paratroopers. I with my blanked MP40 and my son with his K98.

We had a ball. I was inspected and passed muster by a real German Paratrooper, we met a member of the Belgian Resistance, (with really unbelievable stories), The Master Sargeant of the 506th. 101st. Airborne Division and a General who was on Patton's staff.
It could not have been better today. God Bless all our Veterans.

lew1 · 06-06-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Smith

Today is the 65th anniversary of D Day.

Let us all pause to remember and thank the 150,000 brave young men who literally entered the jaws of hell 65years ago, so that we could live free of an unspeakable evil.

Well said.

drbuster · 06-06-2009, 05:55 PM

Alanint, pray tell, WHERE did this fantastic re-enactment take place?

lugerholsterrepair · 06-06-2009, 07:15 PM

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What also worries me is that the current school generation appears not to be interested in history!

Doc, They don't have the opportunity to be interested..Liberal Public Schools don't teach the subject.
I talked with a High School graduate who had never had one hour of ANY kind of history taught to him .The subject came up when I mentioned Hitler. He says..Hitler who? Never heard of the guy. He DID however get a weeks training on how to put a condom on a banana.

Jerry Burney

champ7fc · 06-06-2009, 08:21 PM

There is an old saying that those who fail to heed the lessons of history are destined to repeat it. I fear that since the most recent generation has failed to learn any history they will be on the express train to repeat it.

tenbears · 06-06-2009, 08:31 PM

I work with a guy in his 30's who never heard of Custers last stand or the Little Big Horn I was shocked and dismayed.

jamese · 06-07-2009, 08:03 AM

Alanint, WHERE did this re-enactment take place?

I see you live in Miami area, were not that far apart

Jim

alanint · 06-07-2009, 11:29 AM

The event took place at the small Stuart, Florida WW2 museum and grounds.

DOn't know if the link to our 2nd. ID website will work, since it is firewalled, but here goes;

http://www.secondinfantry.com/minbb/...m=10&topic=862

alvin · 06-07-2009, 11:53 AM

One opinion that I heard was "D-Day actually liberated western Europe from Stalin".

Tepo911 · 06-07-2009, 04:39 PM

Custard?

Drachenstein · 06-08-2009, 08:11 PM

Was that the Dairy Queen on the corner

?

Douglas Jr. · 06-09-2009, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

I talked with a High School graduate who had never had one hour of ANY kind of history taught to him .The subject came up when I mentioned Hitler. He says..Hitler who? Never heard of the guy. He DID however get a weeks training on how to put a condom on a banana.

Jerry, you are kidding, aren't you?

lugerholsterrepair · 06-09-2009, 12:56 PM

Douglas, No Sir, I kiddeth not. This young gentleman was educated? in Portland Or. I was amazed at this revalation as you seem to be.

Jerry Burney

lew1 · 06-09-2009, 03:50 PM

Things go on in other classes as well. A few years ago, sat thru a parent's night in high school. The chemistry teacher startedtaking about the community service the kids would be doing.

To make a long story short, I was sort of vocal. None of hte other parents said anything and were trying to hide. The teacher, in the next 2 years, made reference to the unreasonable father.

Community service when they are supposed to be learning chemistry. No wonder the country is going to the dogs.

06-06-2009, 09:42 AM	#1
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	June 6, 1944 Today is the 65th anniversary of D Day. Let us all pause to remember and thank the 150,000 brave young men who literally entered the jaws of hell 65years ago, so that we could live free of an unspeakable evil. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-06-2009, 09:54 AM	#2
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,656 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,620 Times in 972 Posts	AMEN I hope we never forget. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What also worries me is that the current school generation appears not to be interested in history! Doc, They don't have the opportunity to be interested..Liberal Public Schools don't teach the subject. I talked with a High School graduate who had never had one hour of ANY kind of history taught to him .The subject came up when I mentioned Hitler. He says..Hitler who? Never heard of the guy. He DID however get a weeks training on how to put a condom on a banana. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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champ7fc User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 103 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	history There is an old saying that those who fail to heed the lessons of history are destined to repeat it. I fear that since the most recent generation has failed to learn any history they will be on the express train to repeat it. __________________ cfm

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Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 164 Times in 87 Posts	I'm with you, Bill!! I for one will NEVER forget!!

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Tomathvl User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Milan, IN Posts: 363 Thanks: 3 Thanked 48 Times in 19 Posts	We'll never forget because we were either alive or had relatives that were there. I really worry about future generations. Tom

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drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	What also worries me is that the current school generation appears not to be interested in history!

06-06-2009, 05:38 PM	#7
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Just did a re enactment for 200 WW2 GIs, including simulated battle. My son and I are usually with the 2nd. Infantry Division, but they were short of Germans so we played German Fallshirmjaeger Regiment 3 paratroopers. I with my blanked MP40 and my son with his K98. We had a ball. I was inspected and passed muster by a real German Paratrooper, we met a member of the Belgian Resistance, (with really unbelievable stories), The Master Sargeant of the 506th. 101st. Airborne Division and a General who was on Patton's staff. It could not have been better today. God Bless all our Veterans.

06-06-2009, 05:55 PM	#9
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Alanint, pray tell, WHERE did this fantastic re-enactment take place?

06-06-2009, 08:31 PM	#12
tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	I work with a guy in his 30's who never heard of Custers last stand or the Little Big Horn I was shocked and dismayed. Last edited by tenbears; 06-08-2009 at 11:04 PM.

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jamese User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 792 Thanks: 0 Thanked 86 Times in 36 Posts	Alanint, WHERE did this re-enactment take place? I see you live in Miami area, were not that far apart Jim __________________ The "truth" is a matter of Perception

06-07-2009, 11:29 AM	#14
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	D-Day reenactment The event took place at the small Stuart, Florida WW2 museum and grounds. DOn't know if the link to our 2nd. ID website will work, since it is firewalled, but here goes; http://www.secondinfantry.com/minbb/...m=10&topic=862

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alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	One opinion that I heard was "D-Day actually liberated western Europe from Stalin".

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Tepo911 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Custard?

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Drachenstein User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Was that the Dairy Queen on the corner?

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Douglas, No Sir, I kiddeth not. This young gentleman was educated? in Portland Or. I was amazed at this revalation as you seem to be. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

06-09-2009, 03:50 PM	#20
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	Things go on in other classes as well. A few years ago, sat thru a parent's night in high school. The chemistry teacher startedtaking about the community service the kids would be doing. To make a long story short, I was sort of vocal. None of hte other parents said anything and were trying to hide. The teacher, in the next 2 years, made reference to the unreasonable father. Community service when they are supposed to be learning chemistry. No wonder the country is going to the dogs. __________________ charlie