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Members of the "Filthy Thirteen." Pvt Clarence Ware and Pvt Charles Plauda, June 5, 1944, England. Pvt. Clarence C. Ware, 438 W. 15th St., San Pedro, Calif., gives a last second touch to Pvt. Charles R. Plaudo, 210 N. James, Minneapolis, Minn., make-up patterned after the American Indians. They were members of the 1st Demolition Section, Regimental Headquarters Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. NARA: 111-SC-193551 #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #airborne #101stairborne #101stairbornedivision

2nd Ranger Battalion - Pointe du Hoc On 1 April 1943 the 2nd Ranger Battalion was formed at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, along with the 5th Ranger Battalion. Both battalions were officially activated in September 1943 and shipped to Great Britain. On 6 June 1944, Dog, Easy, and Fox Companies, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, landed at Pointe du Hoc. Meanwhile, Able, Baker, and Charlie Companies landed along with the 5th Rangers, the 1st and 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach. https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Frank D. Peregory 29th Infantry Division 116th Infantry Regiment He was born April 10, 1916, at Esmont, Virginia. In May, he joined Company K (Monticello Guard) of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the Virginia National Guard at Charlottesville. He moved with it to Fort Meade and the unit began training. While patrolling a beach in North Carolina, he rescued a drowning comrade. In recognition of his action and disregard of danger to himself, he was awarded the Soldier’s Medal, the highest non-combat award that a soldier can receive for saving a life. On D-Day, he landed on Omaha Beach and his unit made its way to the town of Grandcamp-Maisy, by June 8. While his unit advanced on the German defenses, the leading elements of his unit began receiving fire from German forces. Numerous attempts to neutralize the enemy position by supporting artillery and tank fire had proved ineffective until he risked his own life by advancing up the hill under heavy enemy fire. When he encountered a squad of enemy riflemen, he attacked them with hand grenades and his bayonet, killed 8 and forced 3 to surrender. He then continued along the trench, forcing more than 32 German soldiers to surrender. Six days later, Peregory was killed while fighting in the hedgerows. #americandday #omahabeach #omahabeachmemorial #omahabeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #savingprivateryan

Donald Malarkey 101st Airborne Division 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment He was born in Astoria, Oregon, on July 31, 1921. He was drafted in July 1942, he volunteered for the paratroops, after reading a Life Magazine article about them being the best. He trained at Camp Toccoa. On D-Day, he was parachuted. Later that day, in a pitched battle, he helped knock out four German 105 mm artillery battery, Brecourt Manor Assault, for which he received the Bronze Star for his heroism. #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #bandofbrothers

Jimmie W. Monteith Jr 1st Infantry Division 16th Infantry Regiment He was born on July 1, 1917, in Low Moor, Virginia. In March 1942, he was commissioned 2nd lieutenant. In April 1943 he was shipped to Algeria, where he joined the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One). The division moved to Sicily in July 1943, and he received a field promotion to 1st lieutenant during the campaign. On D-Day he landed with the initial assault waves under heavy enemy fire. Without regard to his own personal safety he continually moved up and down the beach reorganizing men for further assault. He then led the assault over a narrow protective ledge and across the flat, exposed terrain to the comparative safety of a cliff. Retracing his steps across the field to the beach, he moved over to where two tanks were buttoned up and blind under violent enemy artillery and machinegun fire. Completely exposed to the intense fire, He led the tanks on foot through a minefield and into firing positions. Under his direction several enemy positions were destroyed. He then rejoined his company and under his leadership his men captured an advantageous position on the hill. Supervising the defense of his newly won position against repeated vicious counterattacks, he continued to ignore his own personal safety, repeatedly crossing the 200 or 300 yards of open terrain under heavy fire to strengthen links in his defensive chain. He was killed by enemy fire and received the Medal of Honor posthumously. #americandday #omahabeach #omahabeachmemorial #omahabeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Lewis Nixon III 101st Airborne Division 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment He was born on September 30, 1918, in New York City. He was selected (inducted) into the Army on January 14, 1941, in New Jersey. After graduating from Army Officer Candidate School in 1941 as an second lieutenant, he was volunteered for the parachute Infantry. He was assigned to E company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Robert Sink. In September 1943, he was sent with the 506th to Aldbourne, England in preparation for the D-Day. He was appointed as the 2nd Battalion Intelligence Officer (S2). #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #bandofbrothers

Norman Daniel Cota, Sr. 29th Infantry Division He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 30, 1893. In June 1913, he was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. At the outbreak of the American entry into World War II, he was the G-2 Officer and then G-3 Officer of the 1st Infantry Division from March 1941 until June 1942, during which time he was promoted again, this time to the temporary rank of colonel, on December 13, 1941. In June 1942, he was promoted to chief of staff of the division, a position he held until February 1943. He was promoted to brigadier general on February 2, 1943 and was quickly sent to the United Kingdom, where he served as the American advisor. As a major advisor in Operation Overlord, in he was made the assistant division commander of the 29th Infantry Division, which was designated to land at Omaha Beach. He landed with a part of the 116th Infantery Regiment in the second wave, approximately one hour after H-Hour on the sector known as Dog White. His landing craft came under heavy machine-gun fire as well as mortar and light artillery fire; three soldiers were killed immediately upon leading the disembarkation. For his heroic leadership on D-Day and in the days and weeks afterwards, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was also credited with calmly rallying his troops with the statement "Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Let us go inland and be killed." #americandday #omahabeach #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #29thinfantrydivision

William J. Guarnere Sr 101st Airborne Division 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment He was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1923. He joined the Citizens Military Training Camp program during the Great Depression, gaining entrance at age 15 because his mother told the government her son was two years older. On 31 August 1942, he enlisted in the military and started training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. He was assigned to Easy Company. In the early hours of June 6, he joined lieutenant Richard Winters and a few others trying to secure the small village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and the exit of causeway number 2 leading from the beach. As they headed south, they heard a German platoon coming to bring supplies and took up ambush positions. Winters told the men to wait for his order to fire, but Guarnere, claiming he thought Winters might be hesitant to kill, opened fire immediately, killing most of the unit. Later that morning, he also joined Winters in assaulting a group of four 105 mm guns at Brecourt Manor. #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #bandofbrothers

James M. Gavin 82nd Airborne Division He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 22, 1907. At the end of March 1924, aged just 17, he spoke to a sergeant in the Army. Since he was under 18, he needed parental consent to enlist. Knowing that his adoptive parents would not consent, he told the recruiter he was an orphan. The recruiter took him and a few other underage boys, who were orphans, to a lawyer who declared himself their guardian and signed the parental consent paperwork. On April 1, 1924, he was sworn into the army. He arrived at West Point in the summer of 1925, three months after his 18th birthday and 14 months after enlistment. On the application forms, he indicated his age as 21 (instead of 18) to hide the fact that he was not old enough to join the army when he did. He began training at the new Parachute School at Fort Benning in August 1941. After graduating in August, he served in an experimental unit. In August 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning which had been activated shortly before on July 6. He was, aged just 35, promoted to colonel shortly thereafter. On December 9, 1943, Gavin was promoted to brigadier general to and became the assistant division commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. On D-Day he was part of Mission Boston. The intended objective was to secure an area of roughly 10 square miles on either side of the Merderet River. They were to capture the town of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, a crucial communications crossroad behind Utah Beach. #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #82ndairborne #82ndairbornedivision

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Then and Now; Terracina Italy May 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer Current Picture courtesy of Google Earth Pro Street View #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran WWP-PD

Richard D Winters 101st Airborne Division He was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania in to Richard and Edith Winters on January 21, 1918. On August 25, 1941, he enlisted in the Army. In April 1942, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He arrived at Toccoa in mid-August 1942 and was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR. Serving under First Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, he was made platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, earning a promotion to first lieutenant in October 1942 and made acting company executive officer. In February 1944, First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan was given command of Easy Company. Meehan remained in command of the company until the D-Day, when at about 1:15 a.m., the C-47 transporting the company Headquarters Section was shot down. Winters jumped and landed safely. Losing his weapon during the drop, he nevertheless oriented himself, assembled several paratroopers and proceeded toward the unit's assigned objective near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Later that day, he led the Brécourt Manor Assault which successfully destroyed a german battery. #americandday #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyveteran #101stairborne #101stairbornedivision #bandofbrothers

Omaha Beach 1944 #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy

#DDay #ww2 #DDay80 #normandie #normandy #normandy1944 #histoire #history #omahabeach #usarmy #usnavy #Veterans #solesurvivor #americandday #omahabeachmemorial #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #june6th1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #80thanniversary

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother. #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Band of brothers (2001) The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. S1.E3 - Carentan Easy Company's next objective is to take the town of Carenten where they engage in street to street fighting with a doggedly determined enemy. The fighting is hard and there are many casualties. Having pushed the Germans out, Easy Company now has to hold the position and soon face a counter-attack from German forces, including artillery and tanks. For Pvt. Albert Blythe, the pressure and stress pushes him to the breaking point. He even suffers from hysterical blindness but soon recovers with a few words of encouragement from Winters. After 36 days in battle, Easy Company is finally relieved and get to return to their base in England. #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #bandofbrothers

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

🇫🇷 ´Ils étaient à Omaha Beach - 213 témoins’ Ce jour fatidique du 6 juin 1944 à Omaha Beach vit la mort de centaines de soldats américains. Des centaines de jeunes hommes ne rentrèrent jamais chez eux après avoir sacrifié leur vie pour la liberté. Beaucoup de mères, de pères, d’épouses ou d’enfants ne revirent jamais leur fils, leur mari, leur père, sauf en photos ou en souvenirs, tandis que beaucoup d’autres passèrent le reste de leur vie blessés physiquement ou mentalement. Après la guerre, la plupart de ces survivants ne partagèrent pas leurs souvenirs avec leur famille, ce fut un plus grand honneur qu’ils aient accepté de partager avec moi, leurs expériences. 🇬🇧 ´They were on Omaha Beach - 213 eyewitnesses’ That fateful day of 6 June 1944 on Omaha Beach saw the death of hundred of American soldiers. Hundreds of young m’en would never return home having given their lives as the last full measure of devotion to the cause of liberty. Many a mother, father, wife or child would never see their son, husband, father again except in pictures or memories, while many others spend the rest of their lives wounded in body or mind. After the war, most of these survivors would not share their memories with their family, it was a greatest honor they accepted to share with me their experiences. #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Band of brothers (2001) The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. S1.E2 - Day of Days In the very early hours of the D-Day invasion, Easy Company along with thousands of other Allied paratroopers land behind enemy lines in Normandy. In the chaos of the jump however, they are spread far and wide with many landing far from their expected drop zone. Lt. Winters assembles the few men they can find and slowly make their way to their rendezvous point. As the men straggle in, they also must adjust such as when Malarkey meets a German soldier who grew up in Oregon. Easy's Company commander is still missing so Winters is left in charge and is ordered to take out a German artillery bunker that is wreaking havoc with the troops landing on the beach. They do so with great efficiency and are rewarded with several Bronze and Silver Stars and the Distinguished Service Cross for Winters. #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #bandofbrothers

Band of brothers (2001) The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. S1.E1 - Currahee In 1942, men from across the USA are in Camp Toccoa, Georgia to undergo paratrooper training. For the men of 'E' Easy Company the training is particularly difficult as a result of their demanding commander, Captain Herbert Sobel. He drives them incessantly to excel, canceling their weekend passes on a whim. His favorite chore is to have the men undertake a run up a hill known as Currahee. While the men are fit and ready for battle, thanks to Sobel, he has unfortunately shown himself to be a weak tactical commander. Once in England, and knowing they will soon be invading the Continent, the sergeants stage a rebellion. Sobel's excesses come to an end when Lt. Dick Winters requests a court martial rather than accept punishment for one of Sobel's lame charges. #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #bandofbrothers

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𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Pointe du Hoc Never Forget them https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Omaha Beach 29th Infantry Division https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 El respeto que nos suscitan las ruinas tiene que ver tanto con lo que se ve como con lo que no se ve. Son como las cicatrices en el cuerpo: lo que contemplamos, esa piel tersa y rasgada, contiene la historia de una herida que, a su vez, fue el testimonio de un acontecimiento en nuestra vida. La ruina es una huella y un testimonio. Allí fue edificado algo, allí cayó, allí actuó el hombre, antes de que actuaran, de nuevo, la naturaleza y el tiempo. No podemos observar un paisaje con ruinas como observaríamos un paisaje virgen porque en éste buscamos una pureza inexplorada y en aquél encontramos rastros de la exploración humana de la vida, con sus creaciones y destrucciones. Eso lo reconocieron pronto la literatura y la pintura, y, en los dos últimos siglos, la fotografía y el cine. 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 The respect we feel for ruins has to do both with what is seen and what is not. They are like scars on the body. The terse, torn flesh we see contains the history of a wound that was itself a testimony to an event in our lives. The ruin is a trace and a testimony. There something was built, there it fell, there man acted before nature and time acted once more in their turn. We cannot view a landscape with ruins as we would view a virgin landscape, because in the latter case we are searching for unexplored purity while in the former we find traces of the human exploration of life, with its waves of creation and destruction. This received early acknowledgement from literature and painting, and in the last two centuries from photography and film. #normandy #normandie #normandylandings #normandylandingbeaches #ddaylandings #arromanches #arromanchesbeach #arromanchesbeachnormandie #normandy1944 #NormandyNow #wwiihistory #wwii #secondworldwar #worldwartwo #worldwarii #ww2 #warhistory #worldwartwohistory #6june1944 #americandday #ddaymuseum #debarquementnormandie #normandietourisme #goldbeach #goldbeachnormandy #TheDDayStory #portwinston #mulberry #mulberryharbour #overlord

Never forget them 101st Airborne Division https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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6th Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org The Final Embarkation: Four 'stick' commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, synchronising their watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle of No 38 Group, Royal Air Force, at about 11 pm on 5 June, just prior to take off from RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire. This pathfinder unit parachuted into Normandy in advance of the rest of the division in order to mark out the landing zones, and these officers, (left to right, - Lieutenants, Bobby de la Tour, Don Wells, John Vischer and Bob Midwood), were among the first Allied troops to land in France. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #6thairborne

Pointe du Hoc Never Forget them https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Pointe du Hoc Never Forget them https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

6th Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org Troops of 6th Airlanding Brigade smile from the door of their Horsa glider on an RAF airfield as they prepare to fly out as part of 6th Airborne Division's second lift on the evening of 6 June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #6thairborne

Pointe du Hoc Never Forget them https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

6th Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org Glider pilots in a trailer being pulled by a jeep. In the jeep itself are L-R Driver Hiram Clough, Lance Corporal Joe Wilkenson and Driver Kenneth Brierley (seated at the back) of 716 Company RASC, 6th Airborne Division. 6th of June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #6thairborne

Omaha Beach Never Forget them https://americandday.org Photograph: Walter Rosenblum 163rd Signal Photographic Company #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Omaha Beach Never Forget them https://americandday.org Photograph: Walter Rosenblum 163rd Signal Photographic Company #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

6th Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org Troops of 6th Airlanding Brigade waiting beside their Horsa gliders at an RAF airfield before taking off for Normandy as part of 6th Airborne Division's second lift on the evening of 6 June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #6thairborne

101st Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org The US 10st Airborne Division stages a mass paratroop drop at Lambourn in Berkshire during a visit by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, March 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Omaha Beach Never Forget them https://americandday.org A survivor from a sunk American landing craft being helped ashore, Omaha assault area, 6 June 1944. Photograph: Walter Rosenblum 163rd Signal Photographic Company (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

6th Airborne Division Never Forget them https://americandday.org Paratroops of 22 Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, waiting to board the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk V that will drop them over Normandy, RAF Harwell, 5 June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #6thairborne

Never Forget them Sword Beach https://americandday.org Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade about to disembark from an LCI on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6th June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #swordbeach #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them https://americandday.org A platoon of US infantry being ferried out to a landing ship in a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) or Higgins Boat during the build up to the invasion of Europe, June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them https://americandday.org US troops heavily laden with weapons, personal kit and Bangalore torpedoes make their way to the embarkation point on the south coast of England inpreparation for the invasion of Europe, June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them https://americandday.org Heavily laden US infantry climb out of a LCVP and onto the LCI (L) which will take them across the Channel for the invasion of Europe, June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them Sword Beach https://americandday.org A US Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder bomber flies over Queen White and Red beaches, Sword area, between Colleville-Plage and La Breche on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The large German strongpoint WN-20 (codenamed 'Cod' by the Allies) can be seen in the centre, and the village of Hermanville is visible just beneath the aircraft's left wing. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #swordbeach #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them https://americandday.org US troops practise clambering down the nets which they will use to transfer from landing ship to assault landing craft on D-Day. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them Utah Beach https://americandday.org Wounded troops of 4th US Infantry Division await evacuation at an aid post by the sea wall on Uncle Red beach, Utah area, 6 June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never Forget them Sword Beach https://americandday.org Commandos of No. 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade, coming ashore from LCI(S) landing craft on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #swordbeach #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment

Never Forget them Omaha Beach https://americandday.org US troops wading ashore on Dog Red beach, Omaha area, c. 1600 hrs 6 June 1944. LCT 207 is carrying self-propelled guns of 58th Armoured Field Artillery Battalion, part of Assault Group O-2. (Source: IWM) #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them General Dwight D. EISENHOWER speaking with 1st Lt Wallace C. STROBEL and men of Co. E, 502nd PIR, 101st AD, on June 5, 1944 at Greenham Common, England. https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran #82ndairborne #101stairborne

Never forget them Utah Beach https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them Paratroops of 22 Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, with their toy mascot 'Pegasus' at RAF Harwell, 5 June 1944. Source: IWM https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them Men of 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade, being briefed by Lt Col R Dawson just before embarking for Normandy, June 1944. Source: IWM https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade approach Queen Red beach, Sword area, c. 0840 hours, 6 June 1944. Sherman DD tanks of 13th/18th Royal Hussars and the specialised armour of 79th Armoured Division can be seen crowding together on the beach ahead. Source: IWM https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them Men of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4 - 5 June 1944. Source : IWM https://americandday.org #americandday #goldbeach #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #britisharmy #britisharmysoldier #pegasusbridge

Never forget them Carentan https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #airborne #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never forget them. 6th Airborne Division June 1944 (IWM - Capt Malindine E G) https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeach #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Omaha Beach https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

Never forget them. England https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Band of Brothers https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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Never forget them. England https://americandday.org #americandday #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #utahbeachnormandy #omahabeachmemorial #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayveteran #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #june61944 #june6th1944 #6june1944 #6juin1944 #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #2ndrangerbattalion #29thinfantrydivision #1stinfantrydivision #usarmy #usarmysoldier #usarmyrangers #usarmyinfantry #usarmyveteran

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