OT: Important 70th anniversary

[RocketCityDawg]

D-Day, revenge for the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor, depriving MSU of a MNC!

 

[woozman]

D-Day, revenge for the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor, depriving MSU of a MNC!

No doubt. I heard a 97-yr old D-Day survivor speak at an event in Mobile tonight. Very interesting and extremely scary story. His wife was also there and he cracked up the crowd at one point when he mentioned that "everyone on his LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) was scared shitless before they hit the beach". He paused, looked at his wife, and then said "I shouldn't have used that word, I'll catch hell at home tonight for that".

The other speaker made a good point too: The solders who landed on D-Day were kids who became men as soon as the LCI doors opened. All the soldiers that fought in WWII saved the world and then came back to the US when the war was over and worked their asses off and made us the prosperous county that we are today. He summarized it by saying that not only do we owe them for our freedom today, but also our prosperity. #GreatestGeneration

 

[starkvegasdawg]

No doubt. I heard a 97-yr old D-Day survivor speak at an event in Mobile tonight. Very interesting and extremely scary story. His wife was also there and he cracked up the crowd at one point when he mentioned that "everyone on his LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) was scared shitless before they hit the beach". He paused, looked at his wife, and then said "I shouldn't have used that word, I'll catch hell at home tonight for that".

The other speaker made a good point too: The solders who landed on D-Day were kids who became men as soon as the LCI doors opened. All the soldiers that fought in WWII saved the world and then came back to the US when the war was over and worked their asses off and made us the prosperous county that we are today. He summarized it by saying that not only do we owe them for our freedom today, but also our prosperity. #GreatestGeneration

Absolute shame what we have become today. We've gone from a country full of people that stared two Imperialist powers down and said not on our watch and knew what it meant to sacrifice to make that happen to a country full of people that are only concerned about themselves and get offended at the least little thing. We've replaced our man card with a PC card with pretty pink fringe and butterflies on it.