The horrors of D-Day are why many veterans refused to ever discuss what happened that day… S L A Marshall wrote this essay in 1960 in remembrance of the first wave on D-Day and it was printed in The Atlantic Magazine… … Continue reading
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Operation Overlord was kicked off by Operation Neptune, with the Allies stormed the beaches in Normandy, in what became known as the D-Day landings… June 6, 1944… Five beaches, forever more known as Utah and Omaha (American), Gold (Brit), Juno … Continue reading
I’ve said all I’m going to on Bergdahl… I’m back on the VA issue… OBTW, I ‘finally’ got an appointment tomorrow, after waiting since February. Guess when I was notified! Yep, 12 days ago… Anyhoo… The VA and Gitmo eligible … Continue reading
Guess who’s back… I guess the last three posts set em off again… Last month, something on the order of 370ish for the entire 31 days. 6/3- 404, 6/4- 321… Sigh…
Maybe there could be a ‘field test’ against five certain individuals… No audio, but you don’t need it… 🙂 You WERE saying ‘BOOM’ in your head weren’t you… 😀 h/t JP
The President said today, “Our main priority is making sure the transition that he’s undergoing after five years in captivity is successful,”. I guess they won’t be sending him to a VA hospital then??? In other news, ONLY Fox and … Continue reading
This is what we’ve come to??? Five, FIVE senior Taliban exremists for ONE deserter??? This one doesn’t pass the smell test already… The five Taliban terrorists are Mullah Mohammad Fazl (Taliban army chief of staff), Mullah Norullah Noori (senior Taliban … Continue reading
The old folks will recognize ‘this’ character… And I think most of us grew up pretty damn well… Sigh… … Continue reading
Another one from the ‘civilian’ side. Sadly I don’t know who did this one, but I kinda like the ‘drama’ of the generic American Serviceman holding the flag on the pole with his bare hands. War Bonds started in … Continue reading
The grandson is in the middle of it… … Continue reading