D-Day

k47a · Post by **k47a** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:40 am

Hope that ain't spamming... Well, I guess it is...
Anyway: It's June 6 - I wish you a happy D-Day!! (most important day of the year!!)

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:07 am

Hats off to all the Canadians, British, and Americans who went to those beaches.

My grandfather was the pilot for a flying fortress (dont know the model name) during D-Day and after.

Elgan · Post by **Elgan** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:53 am

hats off to ur granfather

my grandfather was a radio research engineer. he died of a brain tumour when mummy was still 3, eek. I dont know bout the other one he died too.

how many games have dday? just wondering.

k47a · Post by **k47a** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:17 am

lizardkid wrote:My grandfather was the pilot for a flying fortress (dont know the model name) during D-Day and after.

WOW, that's cool!! When I got load of money I'm gonna fly in a B-17 (and a P-51).
I know a B-17 pilot too (he was, umm, navigator), shot down over Norway... He actually met the German pilot who shot them down years after the war...

See, THAT sucks when you live in Switzerland...

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:12 pm

IvaN (master of disaster) wrote:See, THAT sucks when you live in Switzerland...

I'd say the more u or ur family had to suffer from WW2 or any war, the more it sucks.

k47a · Post by **k47a** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:19 pm

wacko wrote:I'd say the more u or ur family had to suffer from WW2 or any war, the more it sucks.

Yeah, sure, you're right. But that's not what I was saying: I mean, there's nobody roung here who could tell you about WW2... Of course, my granddad was a soldier back then and my grandma had been attacked by fighters when she was in a train (she lives in Schaffhausen, that's at the German border... The city got bombed by allied planes on 1 April 1944, I believe).
I'm damn glad it's so peaceful here, don't get that wrong!!

Axion · Post by **Axion** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:10 pm

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:12 pm

Seems like a good thread to show my d-day flash movie, I know some of you seen it a long time ago but I guess a few of you have not.

Its pretty cool, just a piece of music, Eisenhowers speech and some pics I grabbed from the web.

http://www.monkeydevil.com/simon/war.htm

edit: My uncle served in the war, he invaded Africa and then went onto invade mainland Italy, he showed me some of his war souvenirs and photos, not a nice thing

k47a · Post by **k47a** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:07 pm

Hey Jack! Thanks for sharing that!! Looks great, man!! One thing, two or three of the pics don't fit the D-Day subject (the one of the PTO and the one with the Germans on the Eastern front throwing nades...)
Where you from? What unit was your uncle, if I may ask?