Had a friend, now dead of natural causes, who reckoned his real war lasted 6 seconds. He was on one of the early landing craft and was in a rush of soldiers off the boat the moment the ramp hit the water. As he jumped off the ramp a bullet smashed his
leg just below the knee. He survived because a mate grabbed a piece of his webbing and dragged him to the beach where a medic off the same landing craft tied him up with a tourniquet and dragged him back onto the boat. Hes leg was amputated back in
England, where he had a nice recuperation (his description) and was shipped eventually back to the US.
All I remember was the sky being what seemed to be full of large gliders (mostly Horsas being dragged mostly by DC-3s) at fairly low altitude.
On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
My uncle drove one of the boats ashore on D-Day. My Dad was on a small island off of New Guinea (where he met "Charlie Lindbergh").
Dan
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On 6/6/22 16:56, kinsell wrote:
On 6/6/22 14:47, Nicholas Kennedy wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVHrTXlyk4&feature=youtu.be
Nick
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This covers some of the same material, but much more in depth. Almost
two hours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkHHkGR-Es
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