06-08-2012, 03:12 AM
I remembered.
Curious facts; I did a wardrobe installation for a bloke and he was present on board a British warship off the beaches on D-Day.
I was present at the Normandy beaches for the 25th Anniversary as a four year old along with my two year old brother and my parents.
We also happened to be in Paris for the first Landing on the Moon.
I was always fascinated by the photos of the LST's beached during low tide in a large and heavy book about D-Day in the library at Senior School.
My Army Reserve Regimental Number ends in 6644 and I was allocated that number on the basis of where I stood in the line up.
I still find Amphibious trucks and vehicles and the whole Mulberry Harbour and PLUTO fascinating, the logistics still boggle the mind.
The fact that the US forces did not make more use of Hobart's Funnies to tackle the beach obstacles and bunkers still saddens and sickens me.
Bloody Omaha Beach would have been far less bloody if they had used machines and mechanical advantage, instead of using muscle and raw courage. It was in some ways a WW1 solution to a WW2 problem.
Apparently I still flinch when there are shots fired or explosions while watching Saving Private Ryan. The ex-wife thought it was funny.
A sincere and humble, Thank You to to those who served and suffered, fought and died or lived and cried, for fighting for Freedom from Nazi tyranny.
Lest we Forget.
Mark
Curious facts; I did a wardrobe installation for a bloke and he was present on board a British warship off the beaches on D-Day.
I was present at the Normandy beaches for the 25th Anniversary as a four year old along with my two year old brother and my parents.
We also happened to be in Paris for the first Landing on the Moon.
I was always fascinated by the photos of the LST's beached during low tide in a large and heavy book about D-Day in the library at Senior School.
My Army Reserve Regimental Number ends in 6644 and I was allocated that number on the basis of where I stood in the line up.
I still find Amphibious trucks and vehicles and the whole Mulberry Harbour and PLUTO fascinating, the logistics still boggle the mind.
The fact that the US forces did not make more use of Hobart's Funnies to tackle the beach obstacles and bunkers still saddens and sickens me.
Bloody Omaha Beach would have been far less bloody if they had used machines and mechanical advantage, instead of using muscle and raw courage. It was in some ways a WW1 solution to a WW2 problem.
Apparently I still flinch when there are shots fired or explosions while watching Saving Private Ryan. The ex-wife thought it was funny.
A sincere and humble, Thank You to to those who served and suffered, fought and died or lived and cried, for fighting for Freedom from Nazi tyranny.
Lest we Forget.
Mark
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