Today in history. D-Day landing on the beach at Normandy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landingsThe beginning of the end of WWII.
As an American soldier who served stateside in the few months preceding the surrender of Germany and, later, Japan, in WWII; then in Germany, from April '46 to Oct. '48 during "The Occupation of Germany," I extend my heartfelt thanks to those thousands of Allied soldiers and sailors who preceded me during the D-Day landings. For those thousands who perished, R.I.P brave, selfless solders and sailors.
Thanks for your service. Lin USN ret
God bless your for your service.
Where were you in Germany? I was stationed in Wieden from Oct. 1945 to sometime in early 1946 as the last guys who had seen service during the war were being sent home. Some still had as high as 85 points. Then the spit and polish Constabulary came in.
hasslichhog wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
As an American soldier who served stateside in the few months preceding the surrender of Germany and, later, Japan, in WWII; then in Germany, from April '46 to Oct. '48 during "The Occupation of Germany," I extend my heartfelt thanks to those thousands of Allied soldiers and sailors who preceded me during the D-Day landings. For those thousands who perished, R.I.P brave, selfless solders and sailors.
I said a a prayer for my uncle Skeeter (real name Enos) who was in the landings at D-Day. He fought across Europe until the end of the war. He has been gone for quite a few years. He did not say much about his combat experience except that his fellow troops loved & hated Patton, but Patton took care of the people that fought. He came home with his rifle which he hung on the wall and said it would stay there unless someone tried to invade Wildwood, NJ where he lived.
Both my father and my uncle were paratroopers with the Airborne units there. My father survived, my uncle did not and is now buried in Luxembourg. My father broke the same ankle twice during jumps and it plagued him all his life---ended up being amputated.
Lemon Drop Kid
"Where were you in Germany?"
Sorry for the delay in answering.
My first place was Weinheim, near both Heidelberg and Mannheim. It was a group of General Patton's 3rd Army, the 15th Cavalry, later becoming the Constabulary. Then, transferred to Seckenheim; later to Boblingen; then to Fuessen, at the foot of the Bavarian Alps; and, finally, Vaihingen, near Stuttgart, Germany, where I worked on The Stars & Stripes Army newspaper.
DickC
Loc: NE Washington state
Thank you for your service!!
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