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Originally Posted by tummyman
Today marks the 79th anniversary of D-Day invasion and liberation of France. We shall never forget the hero's of that day and during the ensuing period, who gave their lives for the freedom we all enjoy today. May they rest in eternal peace !
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Eighteen year-olds led by 22 year-old officers, with their lives ahead of them.
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Recalling a story told by an
Airborne pair years ago.
He and his companion were at a Florida CAF air show and told of the pair parachuting into an open field on D-Day. Nearby Wehrmacht soldiers behind a fence motioned for the two to approach them.
Seeing the two were in a hopeless situation, and about to become prisoners of Germany, they complied. When they passed the fence, they saw a sign (in German) that showed they’d landed in a minefield!
