D-Day 70th Anniversary. May we never forget.

CAL30M1 · Jun 6, 2014

Just thought some of you might enjoy this.

clearconscience · Jun 6, 2014

Our Grandfather and his journey to the beaches at Normandy (55 HQ Photos)
http://thechive.com/2014/06/06/our-...rney-to-the-beaches-at-normandy-55-hq-photos/

I thought this was cool too. Tells the story with pictures of a merchant marine's story and going back to nomandy

CAL30M1 · Jun 8, 2014

Amazing story and excellent photography. Stunning. Your grandfather seems like a great man and we all owe him our gratitude. The photo in space was amazing as well, btw.

Very, very cool. I'm glad you shared this.

Bob

clearconscience said:
Our Grandfather and his journey to the beaches at Normandy (55 HQ Photos)
http://thechive.com/2014/06/06/our-...rney-to-the-beaches-at-normandy-55-hq-photos/

I thought this was cool too. Tells the story with pictures of a merchant marine's story and going back to nomandy

clearconscience · Jun 9, 2014

I saw a follow up to that and it said he took that bottles of sand he collected back to a hospital and gave it to some Vets that stormed those beaches. He wasn't collecting it for himself.

Truely amazing that a lot of these guys were only about 19 years old.

It's rare you find people that did this and i've met a couple of them and it always thrills me to talk to them. I listen and looking amazement. These guys are the men of men. The greatest generation and it's fading fast.

Boomer50 · Jun 20, 2014

Years ago I worked with a couple of WWII vets, hometown pals who ended up in the same unit for the entire war. Over a lot of lunch hours I got them to tell me a little, though like all real heroes they were fairly shy and reluctant to bring much of it up. They were still grumpy about going an entire four years without a single leave! They were also still in awe that they had even survived. They admitted that they had landed on D Day. Other than that they always refused to talk about that day.