tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post4456113856206904036..comments2024-03-16T09:11:27.097-04:00Comments on GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: D - DayGrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-1779510315137812852016-06-06T23:59:05.472-04:002016-06-06T23:59:05.472-04:00Remember, a kid who was there as an 18 year old is...Remember, a kid who was there as an 18 year old is 90 years old today. This Day od Days will soon pass out of living memory.<br /><br />I believe that almost all of the soilders were a year or tow older due to their training, so that there are even fewer of them left. <br /><br />Go there sometime and see the battfields of that day, and walk away a changed person.<br /><br />- just a random Citizen who kived in France for a bitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-72079081972963356962016-06-06T08:26:26.429-04:002016-06-06T08:26:26.429-04:00Reading the accounts of D-Day there are two stunni...Reading the accounts of D-Day there are two stunning points that emerge: <br />1. The invasion plan was built upon complex plan for delivery of troops and material to specific points on beaches; the timing was disrupted, far too much unnecessary support material was landed too early, the soldiers were burdened by excess equipment on their backs, and the landing site air support prior to the landing did nothing to destroy enemy defenses. The invasion plan did not survive past the meeting rooms.<br />2. The success of the landing was solely due to the initiative and bravery of individual soldiers fighting as small rifle companies; small battle victories lead to others, leading to the capture of successive sections of French real estate. Despite the German defensive planning from years before, the depletion of resources by the Russian campaign meant the French coast was comparatively thinly defended. One German gunner in particular (stationed at W-65?) accounted for a large fraction of American casualties at Utah. The other beaches stormed by British, Canadian, and allied troops found the going somewhat easier, but were by no means a coordinated and well-executed plan either.<br /><br />Such accidental success -- meticulous plans discarded by necessity in favor of small-unit engagements -- are a hallmark of armed conflict and the American success at Normandy shows the value of individual initiative, training, and tactical leadership. The men at the tip of the spear were responsible for the success at Normandy and at thousands of other battle sites across Europe, and everywhere a fight has taken place over thousands of years. There are lessons to be had from D-Day just as there have been since Lexington and Concord, but there is little history to support the belief that those lessons have been taken to heart.<br /><br />A television interview with a survivor of D-Day brought the pained quote: "We left our heroes on the beach". My heartfelt appreciation to all who served in any capacity during those dark times.Dan Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306436521768077821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-66854125026416532022015-06-10T21:58:31.985-04:002015-06-10T21:58:31.985-04:00Amen.
But no comments?!Amen.<br /><br />But no comments?!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725005243909725981noreply@blogger.com