Boy! D-Day Anniversary And......

[afterhours]

my wife's grandpa was on omaha...and came home. that WAS the greatest generation imho. my dad and uncles were in the pacific theater..

[HighTide]

Yamamoto predicted that the tide would turn against the Japanese in six months. He was right, almost to the day.

[pmueller]

My wifes father was a Dday survivor. I'm not exactly sure which beach he landed .
He joined the army, with forged documents underage the day after Pearl Harbor.

[Joe]

Scratch one flat-top.

[sok]

Originally Posted by afterhours

my wife's grandpa was on omaha...and came home. that WAS the greatest generation imho. my dad and uncles were in the pacific theater..

My grandfather was on Guadalcanal as a Seabee.

Makes me feel guilty that I blew off SSgt. Jerry Jones USMC for two years. Never joined. (How can you forget that name?)

The Greatest Generation. Ever.
Period.

When my grandfather went overseas he was 170 pounds. Came back less than 100.
(This is one of the great stories my grandmother has. She's still around; 94; die-hard Sox fan)
They had two choices before he went.
Football game;Holy Cross V. BC or a club.
They went to the game. The club was the Coconut Grove.
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1942-1943?

[sok]

Long story short......
Beginning of the end for Germany.

It was a better time.
How many 16yo kids would lie about their age NOW Just to join?