68th Anniversary of D-Day

[Darkhorse 1-6]

Today, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, stop and take a moment to pay your respects to the boys who never made it off the beaches of Normandy.

They were Brits, Yanks, Kiwis, Frenchmen, Dutch, Greeks, Aussies, Belgians, Poles, Canadians, Czechs, and Norwegians, and they died for YOU.

Some of them were veterans, and far too many were green recruits. Some were men, but most were boys. They knew what was being asked of them. They knew they were headed into the mouth of hell, yet they did not flinch. They stormed those damn beaches with everything they had.

Don't cry for them, those saviors of humanity. Just remember them. Raise your glass to those who never made it back, have a moment of silence, it doesn't matter, it's up to you. Just remember them, and never forget.

[Slatts]

I had the pleasure of meeting a British man who fought on D-day, was such a bang on bloke. I was fairly young at the time so I guess he left out the more detailed bits a 7 year old shouldn't here. But told me about how it was his first time abroad and how he always wanted to see France with a big chuckle.

[Tijai]

My wifes grandfather served in the merchant navy.

I always remember him telling me how they went on a wooden fishing boat to remove mines for the landings using long poles.

You see they were told the Germans wouldnt waste a torpedo on a fishing boat as they were too expensive.

[PELHAM]

Lest We Forget
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Lancasters)
266 Rhodesia Squadron (Spitfires, Typhoons).

Rhodesia supplied 977 officers and 1432 other ranks for the air effort. 498 of these servicemen were killed in action during the war.