D-Day plus 70 years

[pwlp]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Scots, English, Irish, Welsh, Canadian, American, French and others too. Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

[BertrandRussell]

Their bravery should never be forgotten.

[eastcoastscot]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

Papa

[pwlp]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

Papa [/quote]

Good way to show respect ya dud.

[eastcoastscot]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

Papa [/quote]

Good way to show respect ya dud.[/quote]


Papa

[pwlp]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

Papa [/quote]

Good way to show respect ya dud.[/quote]


Papa [/quote]

Elsie, I've aye thought you were a bit of a knob you've just proved that yer an utter ****.

[eastcoastscot]

It all started 70 years ago tonight with the gliders on to Pegasus bridge and the Merville Battery and the US 101st Airborne around Mere St.Eglise, Carentan etc. Then the main event 70 years ago tomorrow.


My Wife's Papa was D-Day plus 9 with the 51st HD. He'd already done El Alamein and Sicily before that. Ended up in Cuxhaven, but came back thankfully.

Tough, brave ******s one and all. Dropping in on a silk 'chute, driving the landing craft in, piloting the various planes and boats or charging up the beaches and fighting through the hedgerows! Respect!

Have a thought for those that didn't come back tomorrow folks

Papa [/quote]

Good way to show respect ya dud.[/quote]


Papa [/quote]

Elsie, I've aye thought you were a bit of a knob you'

[bwfcforever]

Their bravery should never be forgotten.

bang on mate

[BertrandRussell]

Not much moves me (I'm Aquarius ) but looking at the pics of the ceremonies from today certainly makes me feel eternally grateful to all those who fought for the Allies in WWII. RESPECT!

[eastcoastscot]

Not much moves me (I'm Aquarius ) but looking at the pics of the ceremonies from today certainly makes me feel eternally grateful to all those who fought for the Allies in WWII. RESPECT!

there was no prams to hide behind on the beaches of Normandy