63 years

[Ankf00]

http://www.camp198.fsnet.co.uk/Normandy/Aerial%20View%20Of%20Omaha%20Cemetery.jpg

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[devilmaster]

They shall not grow old;
As we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them;
Nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun;
And in the morning;

We shall remember them.

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[sadams]

Amen to That.
We are losing that generation and the stories they have at a very fast rate.

It's good to keep remembering what they really did for the generations to follow.

[IlliniRacer]

My grandfather would tell us stories of guys freezing to death during the Battle of the Bulge and others. When someone would asked him about Normandy, he politely changed the subject or just left the room. I have no idea what he went through. I'm just so thankful he did so we won't have to again.

[rabbit]

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[KaBoom21]

Wow - I've been staring at the picture for 10 minutes now.

Pretty powerful.

You know, my dad was pretty much an a**hole and we never really got along, but I always tried to let him know how much I respected him for volunteering for this war at 17 years old.

Thanks, dad.

[Wheel-Nut]

Yes, that is a powerful picture. Do a google on Omaha Beach Cemetery.

Rest In Peace soldiers. and Thank You.

http://www.ross.navy.mil/images/normandy/Omaha%20Beach/Omaha%20Beach%20Cemetery%20Theodore%20Roosevelt%20 Jr.jpg

[Elmo T]

http://www.ross.navy.mil/images/normandy/Omaha%20Beach/Omaha%20Beach%20Cemetery%20Theodore%20Roosevelt%20 Jr.jpg


Slighty OT, but there were others in the Roosevelt family who gave their life in the service of their country. We must remember all their stories.



http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050405-F-1234P-065.jpg

LT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT



Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, was a pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron. On July 14, 1918, he was shot down behind German lines by Sgt. Thom, a German ace with 24 victories. Lt. Roosevelt's Nieuport N.28 crashed at Chamery near Coulonges-en-Tardenois and his body was buried by the Germans at the crash site. Since the plane had crashed so near the front lines, the Germans had to use two pieces of basswood saplings, bound together with wire from the Nieuport, to fashion a cross for the grave.

When the Germans retreated from the area, U.S. troops found the grave and made a wooden cross for it. Still later, Frenchmen constructed an elaborate marker and fence. On July 12, 1944, Quentin's brother, Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., died of a heart attack in Normandy following the WWII D-Day invasion of France. When the American memorial was established at St. Laurent-sur-Mer after the war at Omaha Beach, Theodore's remains were buried in the cemetery. Quentin's remains were then exhumed and buried at St. Laurent beside those of Theodore.

[dando]

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:cool: :thumbup:

and thanks!

-Kevin

[emjaya]

http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/normandy_american_cemetery.htm


Father and Son (Block E : Row 20 : Graves 19 & 20)

- Colonel Ollie Reed, 115th Infantry, 30th July 1944.
- 1st Lieutenant Ollie Reed Jr., 163rd Infantry, 6th July 1944.

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R.I.P.