In Memory of those who fought and those who fell

[Ripsnort]

[straffo]

btw your trip in Normandie is allready planed Ripsnort you'll wake up very early and sleep very late

[Ripsnort]

Already told the wife about you in France, we're looking forward to it, now we just have to wait a couple years!

[Eagler]

to the tens of thousands who died on the beaches 58 years ago today

here's one site of thousands which honor those heroes:
http://www.dday.co.uk/

May they NEVER be forgotten!

[Curval]

Every year I rent "The Longest Day" if it is not being shown on the networks.  It is a self-imposed tradition and my little way of saying thank you to all those who fell.

[Udie]

It's hard to imagine that many people so willingly laying down thier lives for freedom today.  Thank God that they did that day  

Thank you and  Let's hope that kind of sacrifice is never needed again!


U

[Kratzer]

Originally posted by Eagler
to the tens of thousands who died on the beaches 58 years ago today

Let's not get carried away.  Less than 3000 were killed on D-Day.

Amazing, amazing men.

[midnight Target]

From a quick search:

By evening on D-Day, the Allies had managed to land 130,000 men on the beaches, plus another 22,000 dropped by air. The entire assult force had suffered 8,600 casualties. No exact figures are possible, either for the number of men landed or for casualties, for D-Day alone. These figures are estimated as close as possible.

The Greatest Generation

[Kratzer]

Don't confuse total casualties with total deaths.

[midnight Target]

I agree, those numbers include wounded AFAIK.

[Masherbrum]

I hope that kind of sacrifice is never needed again.  But they will never be forgotten, never.

Masher

[fdiron]

A general rule of thumb is 4 WIA for every 1 KIA.

[Thrawn]

[Don]

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Kratzer


Let's not get carried away.  Less than 3000 were killed on D-Day.

Amazing, amazing men.

None of the casualties would have been needed had a certain prettythanghole not been brought to power in Germany.

I refuse to honor the thoughts and policies of nazi's. I certainly won't claim any relation or alliegence with them, even in a game.

to all Allied vets, fallen and living. They were ALL casualties of this conflict. None left unscathed whether they suffered a combat wound or not. Thank  you for your sacrifice.