D-Day. If anyone belongs in the Hall of Honor it is those young men who stormed those beach's!
Surely some were pipe smokers. Lets never forget!
June 6 1944
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my dad was in the follow up, his division showed up about a month after dday. After some time in France his division took part in the Battle of the Bulge. I know he was there, but the only thing he ever said about it was that he never wanted to be cold again. They were really something else, that generation.
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Do you know what division he was in? My father in law hit France about the same time as your Dad. If I remember right he was a replacement in the 26th INF which was a NG unit from Mass. He was in combat 6 or 7 weeks before he was severely wounded by a mortar round that hit behind him. He wound up spending a year in several different Hospitals in England and back in the states.sisyphus wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:33 pm my dad was in the follow up, his division showed up about a month after dday. After some time in France his division took part in the Battle of the Bulge. I know he was there, but the only thing he ever said about it was that he never wanted to be cold again. They were really something else, that generation.
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35thBamarick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:47 amDo you know what division he was in? My father in law hit France about the same time as your Dad. If I remember right he was a replacement in the 26th INF which was a NG unit from Mass. He was in combat 6 or 7 weeks before he was severely wounded by a mortar round that hit behind him. He wound up spending a year in several different Hospitals in England and back in the states.sisyphus wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:33 pm my dad was in the follow up, his division showed up about a month after dday. After some time in France his division took part in the Battle of the Bulge. I know he was there, but the only thing he ever said about it was that he never wanted to be cold again. They were really something else, that generation.
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