Va Lefty
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Tue Jun-05-07 07:18 PM
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| 2. Starting at 12:41am this morning |
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and continuing for the next couple days, XM Radio channel 4 (The 40's) will air real-time NBC's original radio news bulletins of the invasion
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| -About now back in 1944 my father and my S.O.s father were about to change their lives forever |
HereSince1628 |
Jun-05-07 07:04 PM |
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Great appreciation to them and all how helped the Liberation |
uppityperson |
Jun-05-07 07:09 PM |
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Starting at 12:41am this morning |
Va Lefty |
Jun-05-07 07:18 PM |
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what incredible bravery |
renate |
Jun-05-07 07:24 PM |
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agreed, but |
ulysses |
Jun-05-07 07:30 PM |
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One night at my father's house I got up and turned off "Platoon" or something |
HereSince1628 |
Jun-05-07 09:30 PM |
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My dad, too, was in the Normandy Invasion..... |
texanshatingbush |
Jun-05-07 07:37 PM |
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Speaking of Stephen Ambrose |
Greeby |
Jun-05-07 08:09 PM |
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My dad was at Omaha Beach + 10; they landed 10 days after |
democrat in Tallahassee |
Jun-05-07 08:02 PM |
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My Dad served in the Pacific, electonics tech on an Escort carrier |
FogerRox |
Jun-05-07 08:04 PM |
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My uncle did island to island fighting in the Pacific |
eridani |
Jun-05-07 08:12 PM |
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My grand-father was in the Pacific theatre. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Jun-05-07 08:21 PM |
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Many in my family have served. n/t |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-05-07 08:12 PM |
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Two of my uncles came ashore at Juno Beach. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jun-05-07 08:13 PM |
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My great-uncle is still in Normandy. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Jun-05-07 08:20 PM |
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My dad was in |
TheCentepedeShoes |
Jun-05-07 08:29 PM |
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My dad was D-Day + something |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jun-05-07 08:50 PM |
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My dad never talked much |
murielm99 |
Jun-06-07 12:25 AM |
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When did he go in? |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jun-06-07 12:40 AM |
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Actually, he went in in '43, late in the year. |
murielm99 |
Jun-06-07 12:48 AM |
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Is it possible they just didn't know |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jun-06-07 01:08 AM |
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I could ask him. |
murielm99 |
Jun-06-07 02:04 AM |
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Great appreciation, my Dad was in the south pacific |
never cry wolf |
Jun-05-07 09:02 PM |
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My Dad talked a lot about the war |
truedelphi |
Jun-05-07 10:31 PM |
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Thanks for posting |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-05-07 10:45 PM |
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My wife's father, Capt. John GW Finke, was one of the first officers onto Omaha Beach |
5thGenDemocrat |
Jun-06-07 12:37 AM |
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There was no guarantee that the landings on D-Day would |
rasputin1952 |
Jun-06-07 12:51 AM |
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My dad was in Stalag Luft 1 at this time in 1944 |
kskiska |
Jun-06-07 12:55 AM |
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My dad was in the tank corp at Normandy |
MurrayDelph |
Jun-06-07 01:02 AM |
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My dad was a Navy SeaBee in the Pacific, 2 uncles in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific ... |
TahitiNut |
Jun-06-07 01:12 AM |
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Two uncles served in WWII. |
maine_raptor |
Jun-06-07 04:07 AM |
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