Author Topic: The boys of Pointe du Hoc  (Read 798 times)

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The boys of Pointe du Hoc
« on: June 06, 2016, 08:25:42 AM »
Always worth watching again. One of Reagan's best speeches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I
MAGA unto others as you would have them MAGA unto you!

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring—it was peace. — Milan Kundera


The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind
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Re: The boys of Pointe du Hoc
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2016, 12:00:39 PM »
From the movie;


THE LONGEST DAY

“Many men came here as soldiers;
many men will pass this way.
Many men will count the hours
as they live The Longest Day.
Many men are tired and weary;
Many men are here to stay.
Many men won’t see the sunset,
when it ends The Longest Day.
The Longest Day, The Longest Day,
This will be The  Longest Day.
Filled with hope and filled with fears,
Filled with blood and sweat and tears.
Many men the mighty thousands
Many men to victory.
Marching on right into battle
in The Longest Day in history.”


I can't imagine what those young men went through that day 72 years ago.
God bless them for what they did.
MOLON LABE   "Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed." ~~ Cicero

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Re: The boys of Pointe du Hoc
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2016, 12:20:22 PM »
I visited Pointe-du-Hoc with a tour in 1994, for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. We saw the point from the top, and from the beach below.

It's a miracle that even one American Ranger survived, let alone that they accomplished their mission.
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