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Title: D-day, 79 years ago. Lest we forget.
Post by: RoadKingLarry on June 06, 2023, 11:21:49 AM

79 years ago today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2lUwGvW3A

Title: Re: D-day, 79 years ago. Lest we forget.
Post by: K Frame on June 06, 2023, 12:43:07 PM

Live CBS radio reporting from New York and Europe.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjP4Iiqi6__AhXoElkFHXSwAcoQwqsBegQIDRAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dnye2QhBczIs&usg=AOvVaw1-6bvImnZTFKKCK1dqosJq

Title: Re: D-day, 79 years ago. Lest we forget.
Post by: K Frame on June 06, 2023, 12:49:47 PM

Interestingly enough, when CBS radio broke into their programming, the first reports of the landings were coming from intercepted German news broadcasts.

It wasn't until several hours later that communique number 1 was released.

Title: Re: D-day, 79 years ago. Lest we forget.
Post by: 230RN on June 06, 2023, 03:03:54 PM

And they made the trains run on time.  From the ghettos to the camps.

nyuck-nyuck-nyuck  :mad:

Title: Re: D-day, 79 years ago. Lest we forget.
Post by: K Frame on June 06, 2023, 06:40:43 PM

Lest we also forget that June 4-6 was the Battle of Midway.

Stopped Japanese expansion dead in its tracks, and it was all backwards for them from there.