Charles Schulz's Remembrance of D-Day (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Charles Schulz (1922-2000) was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served as a staff sergeant with the 20th Armored Division in Europe during World War II, as a squad leader on a .50 caliber machine gun team. His unit saw combat only at the very end of the war.

Snoopy, intrepid WWI Pilot and French Foreign Legionnaire was Schulz's ideal choice to pay tribute to the bravery of American soldiers at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

 

[Beaufighter]

Charles Schulz (1922-2000) was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served as a staff sergeant with the 20th Armored Division in Europe during World War II, as a squad leader on a .50 caliber machine gun team. His unit saw combat only at the very end of the war.

Snoopy, intrepid WWI Pilot and French Foreign Legionnaire was Schulz's ideal choice to pay tribute to the bravery of American soldiers at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Fitting tribute in Schulz’s way. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ccdc11]

I have never seen this. Only Schulz could make you feel that much all at once.

 

[johnnybach]

Charles Schulz (1922-2000) was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served as a staff sergeant with the 20th Armored Division in Europe during World War II, as a squad leader on a .50 caliber machine gun team. His unit saw combat only at the very end of the war.

Snoopy, intrepid WWI Pilot and French Foreign Legionnaire was Schulz's ideal choice to pay tribute to the bravery of American soldiers at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Everybody loves Snoopy. :salute:: jb

 

[PolarBear]

That scene was on my 2019 Peanuts Daily Desk Calendar and I had not seen it before. I actually got rather choked up when I first saw the scene. Snoopy frantically trying to get past the obstacles and to the shore with his comrades.

 

[johnnybach]

I visited all of the Normandy beaches about 25 years ago - and well remember standing on the open expanse of Omaha . It was pretty desolate then - and I also remember looking towards the dunes which overlook the beach. The openess of it - and lack of any cover at all is what really hit me - hard! How on Earth anybody made it up to the dunes seemed inexplicable to me.

But they did!!!

Later, up at the dunes, there are still remmenants of the bunkers which were manned by the German machine-gunners. On the metal door of one of them - was a sign commemorating the men of "The Big Red 1".

Now THAT really got to me - and I'm not American, I'm a Brit.

I visited all of the beaches - and to me Omaha looked the toughest nut to crack.

Keep swimming Snoopy - some of them made it - but at what a price. I salute all who took part on the D-Day invasion - whatever part of the free World they came from. jb