Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate This Thread
Hop To
Page 2 of 2 1 2
#4476963 - 06/06/19 08:19 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,864
Bill_Grant Offline
Hotshot
Bill_Grant  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,864
Dallas, TX


~Bill

In my defense, I was left unsupervised...
Inline advert (2nd and 3rd post)

#4476966 - 06/06/19 08:37 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,751
rwatson Offline
Hotshot
rwatson  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,751
New Concord, Ohio
bloody good read Bill "least we Forget" the men who went ashore,,Watching some good shows on TCM Dunkirk now and The Battle of Britain next and "The longest Day " after


Russ
Semper Fi
#4476967 - 06/06/19 08:43 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
oldgrognard Online content
Administrator
oldgrognard  Online Content
Administrator
Lifer

Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
USA
That is better than a solid read. It captures the utter overwhelming blanket that descends on you in combat. Your span of command and control shrinks to those you can touch and yell to. Your field of vision narrows and sometimes you are seeing no more than looking through a cardboard tube. Utter chaos.



Another good read on the cost and conditions.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...ford_boys_ultimate_sacrifice_140507.html


Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
#4476977 - 06/06/19 09:33 PM Re: D-Day [Re: Bill_Grant]  
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,603
malibu43 Offline
Senior Member
malibu43  Offline
Senior Member

Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,603
SoCal
Originally Posted by Bill_Grant


That was a very humbling thing to read. Not sure what else to say.


Sager NP8671 17.3" Notebook, i74720HQ (3.6GHz), GTX 970M (3.0GB), 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB 7200RPM HD, TrackIR 4, CH HOTAS and rudder pedals
#4476984 - 06/06/19 10:14 PM Re: D-Day [Re: oldgrognard]  
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,735
F4UDash4 Online cool
Veteran
F4UDash4  Online Cool
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,735
SC
Originally Posted by oldgrognard
That is better than a solid read. It captures the utter overwhelming blanket that descends on you in combat. Your span of command and control shrinks to those you can touch and yell to. Your field of vision narrows and sometimes you are seeing no more than looking through a cardboard tube. Utter chaos.



Another good read on the cost and conditions.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...ford_boys_ultimate_sacrifice_140507.html



"The Bedford Boys" is a harrowing read. Very sad.


"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
#4476985 - 06/06/19 10:25 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 5,304
WOLF257 Offline
Professional Cynic
WOLF257  Offline
Professional Cynic
Hotshot

Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 5,304
Alabama
S! to all who took part, to the men who returned and especially those that didn't.

#4476991 - 06/06/19 11:11 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Pooch Offline
Hotshot
Pooch  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Orlando, FL
"Solid read by an author that was there, written in 1960"

Wow...I read that on the edge of my seat. I've read few descriptions of the landings that were as terrifying as that. Some war stories are written in ways that almost make you wish you could have been there. I would not like to have been wading ashore on Omaha Beach, on the morning of June 6th, 1944.


"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace."
Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia

#4477012 - 06/07/19 02:30 AM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,242
Coot Offline
Pilgrim
Coot  Offline
Pilgrim
Veteran

Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,242
These United States of America


John 10:1-30
Romans 10:1-13

#4477016 - 06/07/19 04:08 AM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Pooch Offline
Hotshot
Pooch  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,503
Orlando, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbHPcg9zcDw

This is a documentary on the very same unit the article talked about, the 116th REG of the 29th Division at Normandy. Some of the men mentioned in the story were interviewed for it.


"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace."
Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia

#4477037 - 06/07/19 11:44 AM Re: D-Day [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 3,586
kaa Offline
Senior Member
kaa  Offline
Senior Member

Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 3,586
France
Originally Posted by F4UDash4
Also on June 6, 1944 while 156,000 British, American and Canadian troops went ashore on the beaches of Normandy to defeat Hitler another 71,000 Americans embarked on troopships at Pearl Harbor headed for Saipan where they would land about 2 weeks later.

The people of todays world cannot even conceive of such near total mobilization for global warfare.


And the day before, Rome fell into allied hands: the first Axis capital town to fall...


"Anyone can shoot you down if you don't see him coming but it takes a wonderfully good Hun to bag a Camel if you're expecting him."
Tom Cundall.
#4477042 - 06/07/19 01:01 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,225
No105_Archie Offline
No105_Archie  Offline

Veteran

Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,225
N. Atlantic east of Canada
Saw a BBC clip yesterday of a millennial reporter interviewing a an old D-Day vet. The old guy had a strong London accent. I was struck by how much his words sounded like an interview I heard with George H Bush years ago.. The millennial reporter kept calling this old chap a "hero" . He stopped her and said something like. " I was not a hero. I was just a young chap doing my job and my duty. the heroes gave their lives " George H said something like " I'm not a hero......I was just dumb enough to get shot down "

What GREAT men. They KNEW what service and duty meant.


Archie Smythe

carpe diem
#4477054 - 06/07/19 02:19 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,969
wormfood Online content
Member
wormfood  Online Content
Member

Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,969
Texas
Don't forget the other landing sites.
Here's a great speech, I've only just discovered, from Reagan at Pointe du Hoc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTLVIp1AjAg

#4477062 - 06/07/19 02:53 PM Re: D-Day [Re: wormfood]  
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,735
F4UDash4 Online cool
Veteran
F4UDash4  Online Cool
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,735
SC
Originally Posted by wormfood
Don't forget the other landing sites.
Here's a great speech, I've only just discovered, from Reagan at Pointe du Hoc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTLVIp1AjAg




I vividly remember that speech. It was and is awesome.


"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
#4477066 - 06/07/19 03:01 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
oldgrognard Online content
Administrator
oldgrognard  Online Content
Administrator
Lifer

Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
USA
That was a great speech.

I’d have taken a bullet for Reagan.


Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
#4477069 - 06/07/19 03:04 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
PanzerMeyer Online centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
PanzerMeyer  Online Centaurian
Pro-Consul of Florida
King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster

Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,383
Miami, FL USA
Reagan's poise and charisma will not be replicated in my lifetime.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4477080 - 06/07/19 03:40 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,751
rwatson Offline
Hotshot
rwatson  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 5,751
New Concord, Ohio
Good post wormfood I listened to it twice..Always had great respect for President Reagan a good man..I still hear him saying
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!


Russ
Semper Fi
#4477330 - 06/09/19 08:46 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 5,534
Alicatt Offline
Hotshot
Alicatt  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: May 2010
Posts: 5,534
Ice Cold in Alex or Eating in ...
My nephew was one of the C130 pilots dropping paratroopers for the D-Day commemoration, waiting for his turn to take off along with USAF C130s

http://SimHQ.com/forum/tmp/16681.jpg

Attached Files C130PP.jpg

Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil
Sons of the hound come here and get flesh
Clan Cameron
#4477332 - 06/09/19 08:53 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
oldgrognard Online content
Administrator
oldgrognard  Online Content
Administrator
Lifer

Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 24,029
USA
That’s a great experience. One he will always treasure ; more in retrospect when he looks back later in life.


Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
#4477336 - 06/09/19 09:05 PM Re: D-Day [Re: rwatson]  
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 5,534
Alicatt Offline
Hotshot
Alicatt  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: May 2010
Posts: 5,534
Ice Cold in Alex or Eating in ...
That I'm sure he will, this area owes a lot to the Scots and Welsh Guards who were the main troops that liberated the towns here, and one of the streets is called 12th September straat as that was the day in 1944 that the town was liberated from the occupying German forces.


Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil
Sons of the hound come here and get flesh
Clan Cameron
#4477357 - 06/09/19 11:20 PM Re: D-Day [Re: Alicatt]  
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
KraziKanuK Offline
Veteran
KraziKanuK  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
Ottawa Canada
Originally Posted by Alicatt
That I'm sure he will, this area owes a lot to the Scots and Welsh Guards who were the main troops that liberated the towns here, and one of the streets is called 12th September straat as that was the day in 1944 that the town was liberated from the occupying German forces.


The area I grew up in was a post war development for WW2 vets and had the streets named after battles/areas they fought in. Normandy was the main street and Falaise the second major street. My street was Arnhem tho it took 40 years to have the Dutch spelling not the German spelling on the signs.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
Page 2 of 2 1 2

Moderated by  RacerGT 

Quick Search
Recent Articles
Support SimHQ

If you shop on Amazon use this Amazon link to support SimHQ
.
Social


Recent Topics
Carnival Cruise Ship Fire....... Again
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:58 PM
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:51 PM
The Oldest WWII Veterans
by F4UDash4. 03/24/24 09:21 PM
They got fired after this.
by Wigean. 03/20/24 08:19 PM
Grown ups joke time
by NoFlyBoy. 03/18/24 10:34 PM
Anyone Heard from Nimits?
by F4UDash4. 03/18/24 10:01 PM
RIP Gemini/Apollo astronaut Tom Stafford
by semmern. 03/18/24 02:14 PM
10 years after 3/8/2014
by NoFlyBoy. 03/17/24 10:25 AM
Copyright 1997-2016, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.0