If you haven't seen the film, please take the time to do so.
My father was in the European Theatre during the war, a Captain in the Combat Engineers. He survived that war, but was killed in Korea in 1952, having been called back to the Army.
I consider it tragic that recent High School textbooks give scant notice of WWII... maybe a page or so. We should never forget the Greatest Generation!
No quarter .308/.223
June 05, 2026, 05:17 PM
smlsig
Agreed! We are going to Europe this summer and retracing my FIL European campaign from Omaha through the Ardennes to the shores of the Elbe where they waited for the Russians to show up ( he was not happy about that).
This has been a bucket list trip for my wife since I met her over 40 years ago but has been too emotional for her…until now.
------------------ Eddie
Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina
June 05, 2026, 05:27 PM
12131
Best war movie ever made, to me. Never get tired of watching it.
Q
June 05, 2026, 06:40 PM
newtoSig765
I bought the DVD years ago, watch it nearly every June 6.
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
June 05, 2026, 06:52 PM
2BobTanner
This meme should really read “Your day at the beach BOUGHT FOR YOU by their day at the beach”.
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"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain
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June 05, 2026, 06:53 PM
Voshterkoff
quote:
Originally posted by 12131: Best war movie ever made, to me. Never get tired of watching it.
I agree.
June 05, 2026, 07:17 PM
TMats
Very sorry about your dad.
_______________________________________________________ despite them
June 05, 2026, 07:39 PM
Mark in Michigan
82 years have passed since June 6, 1944.
Best regards, Mark in Michigan
June 06, 2026, 05:41 AM
tleddy
Addendum:
I asked my daughter to play the film for my 2 grandchildren. They need to at least be exposed to the Greatest Generation!
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields, the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
No quarter .308/.223
June 06, 2026, 06:29 AM
selogic
That was WWI .
June 06, 2026, 07:20 AM
tleddy
quote:
Originally posted by selogic: That was WWI .
True... but I think of it applying to both.
No quarter .308/.223
June 06, 2026, 01:56 PM
Texas Bob C.
V.
June 07, 2026, 09:17 AM
Cookster
A good read -
“RUDDER’S RANGERS AND THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: THE U.S. ARMY RANGERS’ MISSION IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 6 JUNE 1944”