Gen Dwight D Eisenhower gives the order of the day: “Full victory – nothing else” to paratroopers in England, just before they board their C-47s to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. 6 June 1944.
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Ya’ know, I waited all day to pot because I wanted to see what would be said about this.
A small blurb on the nightly news was it.
It seems to me, that in out PC world, it is no longer PC to mention that Japan attacked us,because they are now out “Good Buddy”, and it might be viewed as a embarrassment, or slight, to them. Makes me sick that not only does/is history on not just this, but much of WWII tainted, and changed over the years,and no one says a thing about it, OR, if they do, they are called various names and/or ignored.
RIP ro rhose who died this day all those years ago. At least SSD and I remember, and will “Never Forget”…
Alan, you couldn’t be more correct…
As a fellow paratrooper I am extremely grateful to have followed in the footsteps of such great men and warriors.
RIP to those who died that day.
“They gave up all of their tomorrows for your today” – Walter Robert ‘Wally’ Parr, D Coy, 2nd Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 6th British Airborne Div
Death from Above!