June 6th and no Comments

Gentlemen,


I imagine this is due to Covid-fatigue, but no-one has posted anything about the landings in Normandy.
I'm joking, don't get mad at me now.

I always remember those guys with great gratitude.
And today is the day.

There was one yesterday already, but yes things are slow now. I think of those guys every day. My dad was at Juno...

I replied to another post that referred to the Tiananmen square date, the battle of Midway and D-Day all important dates for the month of June.

I have been talking about a massacre I investigated a few years ago now, of 8 British Paras who survived several crashes in the grounds of Chateau de Grangues on the night of the 5th/6th June 1944, only to be executed by a German Sergeant.
An abridged version can be found on our ParaData site: INVESTIGATION INTO THE MASSACRE OF EIGHT BRITISH PARATROOPERS ON THE 5/6TH JUNE 1944 IN THE GROUNDS OF CHATEAU DE GRANGUES, NORMANDY, by GIL BOYD BEM | ParaData

Sadly I have two more lads that were shot out of hand and unarmed by an SS Tank Commander nearby to Grangues to look into as well, but sadly COVID saw to that for a couple of years. Maybe next year

So many stories of the beach landings and of course Point d'Hoc. Every man killed had a mother, father or wife and children, or girlfriend. Tragic tales of heroism when you explore the individual stories of these men from all nations.
Without doubt OMAHA copped the worst losses, and if you have never been to the cemetery there, be prepared for a long visit. Seen in the opening shots of Saving Private Ryan........................................phew!! :crying:

Gil did the infamous "Commando Order" by Hitler include/apply to the para's also were they to be considered the same as the commandos, hence according to the order could be shot off hand with no trial or imprisonment what so ever by the German army whether SS or not.

Postscript ~ after reading the article it appears the perp of the shooting fabricated everything hopefully if they did die after the war it was in the most gruesome of fashions. RIP to all those that gave their all.

Yes Hitlers Order applied to all Parachutists and Commandos.

Together with Interpol and the UN War Crimes we scoured ALL Military and Civilian records, he dissapeared completely, hopefully killed by one of our units!!:rolleyes:

We also missed Battle of Midway Day. I usually post on June 4th but was traveling.

Bob

For me, as a history buff and a 82nd Airborne veteran myself ('84-'88) today has always caused me to pause and ponder. As a child, I read every book in the library , watched every movie and television show related to D-Day. And now, even more so as I discovered a personal connection to D-Day.
While doing some family research with my mon a few years ago, we came across a distant cousin from Massilon, Ohio who landed on Omaha Beach as part of the 8th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. His name was Sergie Zuke.
Sadly, he was killed in action near Cherbourg on June 25th and is buried at the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer.
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I knew Sgt Milton Mason who landed on D-Day, lost his right ankle to a mortar shell, he told me that he thought he was
going to die right there, he was nineteen years old. He spent years going back and forth to the VA hospital where they
would remove another part of his damaged leg. His right leg was just above the knee when he died.

He went back to France forty years later, to the beach, stayed with some French people then back home by himself.

One thing he always remembered was the very loud noise on D-Day

Sadly most of those Heroes are gone now. And sadder yet is how few of their descendants are even aware of their contributions and sacrifices for this world.

What courage it took when you pretty much knew what was going on with those murderous MG-42's sling lead at an insane rate not to mention all the other fodder that was flying around!
God bless them all may they find peace in knowing there are some still here who will keep the flame alight for what they did for us here today.

Yes, sadly M1C FAN I see that a lot. It is prevalant after the Afghanistan campaign as it is after the Vietnam War.
People who sit in armchairs, who have NEVER seen an angry man wouldn't know the half of it.

Sorry to sit on my high horse over this, but I have seen it this week, where "some" young people complain about bagpipes, bugles and the sounds, honouring the dead. A sound that has been in battles for hundreds of years!!!

It does leave you wondering how good have these dead soldiers from every nation made it for them, so they can sit an moan about something so innocuous!!

We had a quiet 6th of June this year.
But both wife and I competed in a Service Rifle Competition at the weekend. Where I was using my ex Resistance No4Mk1; and sparing a thought for all the brave souls from all who stepped up to the challenge on that day in 1944.

Monday June 6, 2022, Normandy (France) celebrated the 78th anniversary of D-Day. The day was marked in particular by the international ceremony, hosted this year by Bernières-sur-Mer (Calvados). Everywhere in the Manche and Calvados, the emotion was great at the time of the reunion with the last survivors of June 6, 1944...the french will never forget