The skies are bright and the weather favorable for jumps by close to 200 parachutists over one of the battle sites of the D-Day landings.
Among the jumpers Wednesday will be American D-Day veteran Tom Rice, 97. He jumped into Normandy with thousands of other parachutists in 1944, and recalls it as “the worse jump I ever had.”Other parachute jumps are planned involving British veterans at Sannerville. They’re among multiple events marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.U.S. Army Rangers are climbing the jagged cliffs of Normandy’s Pointe du Hoc to honor the men who scaled them 75 years ago in a valiant D-Day assault.
They’re recreating a journey taken by the U.S. Army’s 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions to destroy Nazi guns atop the cliffs. The operation helped prepare the way for Allied troops landing on beaches a few kilometers up the coast to break Hitler’s stranglehold on France.Wednesday’s event was part of extensive ceremonies in France and Britain marking the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion.
DDay75 troops were being shot at and killed climbing those cliffs. These Army Rangers need to avoid this stunt. It's about the men from 75 years ago.
How it’s Done! Boss! 😎
It was the British Empire and the Soviet Union broke the back of the axis, the Americans largely gave logistical support at the end really
the brave men of Able Company and Baker Company will not be forgotten 82ndAirborne
So vain and useless !
When I saw soldiers of the Russian army!
Just stealing the valour of the boys from WW2. Shooting at Iraqi civilians doesn't have quite the same romance to it.
I like those who didn't serve because of bone spurs. Those are the real heroes. Not those loser POW's.
serving now their own authoritarian megalomaniac, however noble the intent
Why no transgender hitler? He after all created the problem.
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