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Offline Wendi

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D Day ~ Rememberance
« on: Wednesday 06 June 07 19:03 BST (UK) »
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.

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Re: D Day ~ Rememberance
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 19:31 BST (UK) »
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.


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Re: D Day ~ Rememberance
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 19:36 BST (UK) »
God bless 'em all ......
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Re: D Day ~ Rememberance
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 22:02 BST (UK) »
Lest we forget.

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Re: D Day ~ Rememberance
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 22:08 BST (UK) »
Thudders ! how are you ?

Quote from: Thudnut on Wednesday 06 June 07 22:02 BST (UK)
Lest we forget.Thudders

Timely words ! as I also posted around the same time

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Lest we forget indeed!

God love them all

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Re: D Day ~ Rememberance
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 22:35 BST (UK) »
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,
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 07 June 07 11:06 BST (UK) »
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 ...
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