stormcrow Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Today we should all stop for a while regardless of age and backround and remember the landings at Normandy. For those bravest of souls who gave their lives so that we may have freedom to play games and live our lives. For those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, may we never forget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McNamee Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Well said, indeed we shall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avey Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Rest in Peace Brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Here's a special report I researched for today. http://www.ghostrecon.net/html/d-day.htm With Pride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkVanDamme Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 With all the coverage of late, it begs the question, would todays generation have what it took to participate in D-Day? FWIW, I say mostly no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 People who live in freedom will always answer the call to preserve that freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyovan4 Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Let us remember the brave servicemen of all Allied nations on this somber day.. (although the Irish Free State was neutral during 'the Emergency', as they called the war, approximately 50,000 soldiers volunteered for the war and fought with the British Army) (this is the flag of the Jewish Combat Brigade, a group of Jews from British Palestine who fought under British command in Italy towards the end of the war) (could not find smaller flag) Any nations I forgot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormcrow Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 Here's a special report I researched for today. http://www.ghostrecon.net/html/d-day.htm With Pride. Nicely done Rocky................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonMiguel Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 yes, nice job indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonger338 Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Amen. May they rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budgie Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 (edited) My Grandfather was wounded fighting in Burma and I am eternally grateful to the 'Greatest Generation' for fighting for our freedom - not just mine; these people truly saved the whole world from tyranny and oppression. May they all rest in Peace. Edited June 7, 2004 by budgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Splash Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I've read so many stories over the years and seen hundreds of photographs along with many hours of film, but I know that none of these things can compare to how it really was. All of you.........take a moment and think......that more than likely......the old man you sat next to on the bus, or on the train.....or the one you walked past on the high street......was there......or was in Italy, North Africa, Burma, Iwo Jima or even Pearl Harbour. I always ask an 'Old Boy' if he served in WWII. Even if he was a mechanic or something....and never saw action.......I always listen intently to'his story. Their generation was very different from ours anyway, but to be forced to be in the armed forces and move overseas [a big thing in those days].........adapt and even be skillfull at it........is a great thing. DS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosegreen Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 My grandad wasn't able to be in the army due to deafness,he was an air raid warden along with my nan in Coventry.My dad told me that he went south for six months to help with the making of of the portable jettys as he was a carpenter by trade.My great uncle was a sergeant in the Engineers and helped with the resupply of troops in France,Belgium and Italy,I have his medals and he was awarded the oak leaf as he was mentioned in dispatches and received a letter from the king.He came back from the war for a week on compassionate leave and he had to be cleaned with parrafin as he was covered in lice and he was as skinny as a rake. I think we should never forget what these people sacrificed,not just the ones who never made it back but also the ones who came back,we have to remember that whilst our teenage lives consisted of drunken binges,one night stands and getting into fist fights them poor buggers had the horrors of war to cope with and them days no counselling...just get on with it. God Bless em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjas_eat_pirates Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 May God bless those who sacraficed, and those who suffered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepper Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 thanks to those who died then . because nwo i can live in piece wiht out being a group liek the hitler jugend. so many many thanks for that and i wa quite ###### when the duthc television only had a program about for a hour whilst at the belgium television it was the whole day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd Ranger Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Visited my local Cenotaph last night. There are only seven names on the WWII section, so casualties in my town were either light, or more likely my town was so desolate back then that only a handful of men served. There is roughly the same number of people on the WWI section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 AMEN, Rest In Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoN_StAlKeR Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I just returned from a trip to the beaches of Normandy. What an experience!!! The land is still a lunar landscape from the naval barrage before landing. What it must have been like for those brave men i cant imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 All gave some, some gave all. Amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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