Remembering D-Day.

[Pappy]

 

[hollydolly]

I'm watching the D-Day remembrance service in Normandy Live on TV right now.....

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

The tribute began at 6.26am today - the exact moment the first British boots touched the beach to confront the German defenders ( it's now 1/2 past mid-day )...the service has just finished... and now lots of the veterans are being interviewed...

 

[hollydolly]

A new British memorial has been unveiled at a a Franco-British ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day landings Ver-Sur-Mer, Normandy, overlooking Gold beach

 

[hollydolly]

Trump embraced the 94-year-old veteran Russell Picket who was among the veterans revisiting the beach. On D-Day he was a 19-year-old private in the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division

 

[hollydolly]

Brigitte Macron (left) and Melania walk on the red carpet during a French-US ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy

 

[hollydolly]

US veteran Kirt Robbins pays his respects at dawn on the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, above Omaha Beach

 

[hollydolly]

After his speech the Duke Of Cambridge laid a wreath at the Normandy Campaign Memorial to those who died in the summer of 1944

 

[hollydolly]

In Bayeux Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, Penny Mourdaunt (far left) Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attended a memorial service at the city's cemetery

 

[hollydolly]

A man in Second World War uniform looks over the beach at Arromanches - better known as Gold Beach - which was a scene of bloodshed and battle 75 years ago today

 

[hollydolly]

Mr Trump stood alongside American D-Day survivors and their families, who were visibly moved by the ceremony in Northern France

 

[hollydolly]

Bagpipers lead a procession of British World War II veterans to the Bayeux War Cemetery after a cathedral service

 

[hollydolly]

The MV Boudicca cruise ship was chartered by the Royal British Legion to carry the 300 British D-Day veterans who landed in France 74 years ago today. The vessel was flanked and followed by Royal Navy ships as it crossed the Channel

 

[hollydolly]

A British WWII D-Day veteran salutes a serving Army Officer as he clutches a wreath he will lay at the Commonwealth War Cemetery today

 

[Pappy]

Great photos all Holly.

 

[Dudewho]

 

[hollydolly]

There's some fantastic photos from the time on this link....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...unearthed-images-shared-75th-anniversary.html

US soldiers dash ashore from a landing craft in a training area in southern England. One man appears to be carrying a Bangalore Torpedo to breach wire obstacles. The watchtower in the background is probably for the directing staff to supervise live firing

 

[RadishRose]

Holly thank you for all these images! I just tuned into the memorial on Sky.

I wasn't born then, but my father and mother told me about it.

Briefly, my father, who was trained on heavy artillery, was given a parachute and sent up in a glider to land behind the beaches. His glider was shot down and he was wounded. He crawled through a wooded area to a "house" which happened to be a Red Cross station!

 

[RadishRose]

 

[chic]

Thanks Holly!!! :love_heart:

 

[Aunt Bea]

It's amazing to me that 16.5 million men and women served in WWII at a time when the population of our country was approx. 138.4 million people.

That would equate to about 39 million people vs today's population of approx. 327 million.

An amazing commitment to the service of our country and the world. I'm not sure that we would be able to muster that same show of support and level of service today.

Many thanks to all who served.

 

[RadishRose]

What does the “D” in D-Day mean?


https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/d-day/the-meaning-of-dday-fact.pdf

 

[Laurie]

And a passing thought for the thousands who also died doing what they thought was best for their country, but who happened to live on the other side of the Rhine.

 

[Falcon]

:coolpics: Thanx.