June 6th, 1944 D-Day (1 Viewer)
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Louis Badolato
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I can't imagine there are a lot of D-Day Veterans left alive (if they were 18 on D-Day they would be 99 today) but to those who survive, thank you! My late Uncle Leo was a navy crewman on one of the ships involved in the D-Day invasion. To those who are no longer with us, like my Uncle Leo, you are not forgotten!
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I hope they are never forgotten. Or what they did. Seems that some of the scale of sacrifice is lost on many.
Maybe it's less with each new generation. My father, uncle and Mother served in wartime service of some kind. Father too young until 1945 was a
Air Corps Medic on Saipan. My Uncle a decorated combat medic in 79th Infantry. My mother made 155 mm artillery shells as a young 18 year old on her first job.
Being the son of these people i know first hand what they did and how much they endured. I'm sure my children understand this and importance to remember.
I hope their kids will.....after that...do we have to see if a generation could or would do it again if needed? Could anyone survive another world war?
Maybe it's less with each new generation. My father, uncle and Mother served in wartime service of some kind. Father too young until 1945 was a
Air Corps Medic on Saipan. My Uncle a decorated combat medic in 79th Infantry. My mother made 155 mm artillery shells as a young 18 year old on her first job.
Being the son of these people i know first hand what they did and how much they endured. I'm sure my children understand this and importance to remember.
I hope their kids will.....after that...do we have to see if a generation could or would do it again if needed? Could anyone survive another world war?
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I hope there is not another war, but history and current events suggest there may be. I hope if there is we can pull together as then, if not ....
My parents were too young. Amongst other stories that have been passed down to me, my teenage aunts made aircraft wings in a converted depot and other relatives served in the different services. My Grandfather served with distinction in the Russian convoys in the Royal Naval Reserve. The most poignant for me was my uncle who was in the RN on destroyers, a very dangerous line of work. He was torpedoed, I think more than once. You could tell the memories were still painful for him.
Unfortunately, I think the younger generations are much less aware.
My parents were too young. Amongst other stories that have been passed down to me, my teenage aunts made aircraft wings in a converted depot and other relatives served in the different services. My Grandfather served with distinction in the Russian convoys in the Royal Naval Reserve. The most poignant for me was my uncle who was in the RN on destroyers, a very dangerous line of work. He was torpedoed, I think more than once. You could tell the memories were still painful for him.
Unfortunately, I think the younger generations are much less aware.
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Like you Kevin, my own parents were too young, My Grandfather who had been with the 9th Lancers in the 1920s, mostly in the Middle East, Egypt, Mandate Palestine and Trans Jordan, was deemed too old to return to active service and so served in the Homeguard.
My Fathers elder brother did serve in the Merchant Navy, two of their uncles became POW's one of the Japanese , the other of the Germans, who did leave an unfinished post war diary of his experiences, from his capture in 1940 to being forced by the Germans to Mine Coal in Silesia at on point and an escape attempt and of being caught by the SS.
My Mothers father was an Military Policeman and was one of those who were with Churchill when he met Roosevelt at Sea. The rest of his war he spend escorting German POW's over to America.
As to current events, I fear not, the demographic has swung too far for the Country to unite. Remember many of these immigrants and their children and even grandchildren, while happy to reep the benefits of a British passport, still consider themselves to be of the Country of origin, especially with those from Pakistan.
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Britain had the largest navy in the world then and we still nearly starved. No chance now, can't even stop a few boats never mind nuclear submarines.
When they did speak of home life then, food seemed to be the priority. 'I remember seeing an real orange', was a phrase that stuck with me.
Help in the Atlantic was fundamental to our survival - from all the allies, but especially from the USA and Canada.
This perhaps would be a more appropriate claim than the one below.
When they did speak of home life then, food seemed to be the priority. 'I remember seeing an real orange', was a phrase that stuck with me.
Help in the Atlantic was fundamental to our survival - from all the allies, but especially from the USA and Canada.
This perhaps would be a more appropriate claim than the one below.
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