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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: Wendi on Wednesday 06 June 07 19:03 BST (UK)
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I know it's not a "00" year, but just wanted to remember the day.
63 years ago young men, boarded landing craft, ventured across the English Channel into what we now know was the start of the end of WW2 ~ but they did not know that.
Wendi :)
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Hi Wendi
Have to agree with you, we lost some very brave young men 63 years ago. I hope we never ever forget them.We also have to say thanks to all the other country's that lost brave men who stood by the side our young men.
ricky
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God bless 'em all ......
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Lest we forget.
Thudders
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Thudders ! how are you ?
Lest we forget.Thudders
Timely words ! as I also posted around the same time
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mg/
Lest we forget indeed!
God love them all
Wendi :)
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This post reminded me...some years ago, I had a friend and colleague, who told me that...many years ago, when he was 18yrs old, he had taken part in the D-Day Landings.
He's pased away now:-(
But his verbatim account brought it totally to life for me...& made me feel that I had had a bird's eye view of the action...
The not knowing what was happening...the being sick...the shortfall landing in deep water...the bodies...the bloody water...:-(((
In Remembrance of Them All,
Romilly.
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And lets not forget the very young soldiers who went, but didn't get injured; saw dreadful things, but didn't do anything to earn medals and acclaim ... and returned mentally damaged ... it was called shell-shock after WW1, but it happened to many (including my uncle) after WW2.
Let's remember those brave men as well ...