Memorial Day

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Eric15]

Without France, we don't win the American Revolution. Without us, they lose two world wars. They've been our loyal friend since Day 1.

 

[PAcuse]

France
Our Independence
Have a great day everyone ( most of you)

 

[SWC75]

My Dad was on Iwo Jima. He was in a foxhole talking to his Colonel when a shell hit on the other side of the foxhole. The Colonel had just said "This is SOME day!" It was the last thing he ever said. He took the brunt of the explosion. My Dad got superficial wounds. My mother got a telegram that he had had been "wounded in the head". No details - for two weeks. Dad survived the war and my brother was born in 1946, I in 1953. I don't know if the Colonel got the chance to have kids.

 

[Eric15]

My Dad was on Iwo Jima.

"OK on the count of three, I'll take the 'upside' of the flag, you take the 'downside' of the flag." -SWC's Dad

 

[SWC75]

"OK on the count of three, I'll take the 'upside' of the flag, you take the 'downside' of the flag." -SWC's Dad

Dad was somewhere on the plains in the background and he could see it, when he had time to look up.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Without France, we don't win the American Revolution. Without us, they lose two world wars. They've been our loyal friend since Day 1.

 

[SWC75]

On the Channel 3 morning news program a millennial, (Amanda Hull, reading from something she may not have written), said D-Day was "Operation Overload".

Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[FasterCuse]

On the Channel 3 morning news program a millennial, (Amanda Hull, reading from something she may not have written), said D-Day was "Operation Overload".

Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Millennial probably taking the blame (like much of history) for something a Boomer wrote

 

[upperdeck]

On the Channel 3 morning news program a millennial, (Amanda Hull, reading from something she may not have written), said D-Day was "Operation Overload".

Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I read a book once about d-day,it had a different name at the time but Overlord is the given name now.. Never really found that book again to see what it was and I cant remember anymore.

 

[Toga]

To the 400,000 Americans who died in WWII fighting fascism - may you forever rest in peace and thank you.

 

[SU68]

 

[Cusefan69]

 

[SUMBA]

 

[HtownOrange]

I read a book once about d-day,it had a different name at the time but Overlord is the given name now.. Never really found that book again to see what it was and I cant remember anymore.

Is this the book you are referring to?

This is a good read.

Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for... book by Max Hastings

 

[SUMBA]

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, began in the United States after the Civil War to honor soldiers who died in the conflict. The first widely recognized observance was on May 30, 1868, when General John A. Logan, leader of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veterans’ organization, called for a nationwide day to decorate soldiers’ graves with flowers. This date was chosen because it wasn’t tied to any specific battle, and flowers would bloom.
Source: Grok

The flowers referenced by Grok were the spring roses in my great-great-grandmother's garden. She was John A. Logan's cousin and suggested the flower connection when General Logan told her he wanted to choose the proper date for the holiday.

My great-great-grandfather served in the Union Army and was captured by the Confederates. He was eventually shipped to the notorious POW camp Andersonville. One day, the guards lined the prisoners up and picked several, including great-great-grandad, out of the crowd. He thought the Union prisoners were going to be shot, but they had been chosen to be orderlies in the nearby rebel hospital. Great-Great-Grandad said he wasn't much for taking care of rebs, but at least they feed us.

That random act may have saved his life. Memorial Day is meant to honor all those who were not as lucky as he was.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

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My Grandfather served in the 310th Machine Gun Battalion in the Argonne Forest fighting the Germans in the First World War. In his specific company over 1000 dead and over 5000 injured. He was one of the lucky ones who made it home alive.

 

[Toga]

My Grandfather served in the 310th Machine Gun Battalion in the Argonne Forest fighting the Germans in the First World War. In his specific battalion over 1000 dead and over 5000 injured. He was one of the lucky ones who made it home alive.

My uncle (18 years old) landed on D Day and during the Battle of the Bulge freed a bunch of American prisoners. During WWI my grandfather won the Croix de Guerre (I own it) for heroism as an ambulance driver.