I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
Lynn
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
Lynn
On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 2:40:24 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what >> bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the
beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
Lynn
This strip was first done in 1996 and was previous repeated every D-Day anniversary replacing a current year cycle strip from 2014-2019.
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what >bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the >beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 14:40:24 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what >> bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the
beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
This is one of the reasons the original Star Trek was good. Many of
those involved had first-hand experience of military service and of
war.
The Great Bird himself flew 89 combat missions in B-17s. James Doohan
lost a finger on that beach in France.
On 6/7/2022 1:40 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 14:40:24 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what >>> bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the
beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
This is one of the reasons the original Star Trek was good. Many of
those involved had first-hand experience of military service and of
war.
The Great Bird himself flew 89 combat missions in B-17s. James Doohan
lost a finger on that beach in France.
The Great Bird ?
That is a lot of B-17 missions. One of my engineering mentors was shot
down on his second mission over Germany from London, England. He spent
18 months in a POW camp, weighing 118 lbs when he was freed (he was
6'4"). When I knew him in the early 1980s, he weighed 350 lbs. I never
had enough guts to ask if his crew made it out of the plane, he was the >pilot.
Lynn
On 6/7/2022 1:40 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 14:40:24 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what
bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the
beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
This is one of the reasons the original Star Trek was good. Many of
those involved had first-hand experience of military service and of
war.
The Great Bird himself flew 89 combat missions in B-17s. James Doohan
lost a finger on that beach in France.
The Great Bird ?
That is a lot of B-17 missions. One of my engineering mentors was shot
down on his second mission over Germany from London, England. He spent
18 months in a POW camp, weighing 118 lbs when he was freed (he was
6'4"). When I knew him in the early 1980s, he weighed 350 lbs. I never had enough guts to ask if his crew made it out of the plane, he was the pilot.
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” again last year. I cannot imagine what bravery it took to be the first men to get in those junk beach landing
craft and assault the beach. I have been all over the Gold Normandy
beach and the cliffs that Rudder’s Rangers scaled. Simply amazing.
I was wondering why there were these huge holes in the ground above the beaches. And then I realized those were the 16 inch guns on the Iowa
and the Missouri shooting Volkswagen sized shells at the beach to force
the Germans back. The German 6 inch and 8 inch guns are still there,
but they were spiked and welded shut.
Charles Schultz did a great job of tribute to those men assaulting the
beach.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/06
Lynn
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