#dday70

[fanfunwithdamianlewis]

Throwback Thursday to D-Day's 70th Anniversary on Utah Beach

https://www.fanfunwithdamianlewis.com/?p=20097

[portraits-of-a-traveler]

Casualty of war. Standing in the ruins of Saint Georges Du Bohon Church in Normandie. A group of paratroopers were misdropped in this town and fought until killed or captured. One died when he struck the now gone church tower. The church was later destroyed by artillery and bombing. The alter and a few foundations are all that remain but flowers still show the place is still regarded and remembered by the locals. The architectural features I saw seemed to indicate a church going back to the 12th century. It was a far flung place to be dropped on that fateful night in June of ‘44. Some Americans lost their lives fighting for this ground. Mr. Bando took us to this spot and told us the story. I am glad I got to visit. #epictravels #ww2history #normandie #normandy #epicbattles #historytour #historyguide #airbornehistory #battlesthatchangedtheworld #dday #operationoverlord #101stairborne #epicofthe101st #exploremore #traveler #paratroopers #saintgeorgesdebohun #grainges #travelblogger #travelforthesoul #ww2 #dday70 #liberationofeurope (at Normandy France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4983j8lTNF/?igshid=a8hjx6zo92aa

[duckflyfly]

@leedonghae: Siwon #film

@leedonghae: #2017 #Dday70

+ Siwon's comment:

[fy-kyungil]

leedonghae: #2017 #Dday70

Kyungil comment: Hyung.~~

[kidsviral-blog]

Show these 13 amazing #DDay70 photos to your children now

New Post has been published on https://kidsviral.info/show-these-13-amazing-dday70-photos-to-your-children-now/

Show these 13 amazing #DDay70 photos to your children now

http://twitter.com/#!/AirForce_Carl/status/473912596807299072

As Twitchy told you earlier today, veterans are marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with extraordinary events across Europe — like 93-year-old WWII vet Jim Martin’s commemorative parachute jump. Here are 13 amazing photos marking the occasion. Share them with your kids now and make sure they remember and honor the sacrifices of their forebears.

http://twitter.com/#!/CBCDDayLive/status/474634514829176836 http://twitter.com/#!/BBCNews/status/474564160165265408 http://twitter.com/#!/Carlislef1/status/474441033452126208 http://twitter.com/#!/Telegraph/status/474454490058612736 http://twitter.com/#!/mpuigdomenech/status/474628192368869376 http://twitter.com/#!/sommecourt/status/473948684808228864

Never forget:

http://twitter.com/#!/franceintheus/status/473924367055728641

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/05/show-these-13-amazing-dday70-photos-to-your-children-now/

[squaredphoto]

ClubFR DDay70

More photos can be found HERE

[operationrad]

My favorite from DD70. #DD70 #DDay70 #clubFR #garagelife #trackday (at Autobahn Country Club)

[esthetismes]

thoughts

honestly can’t stop thinking about Normandy and this past summer. Those two weeks I was there for the 70th Anniversary were amazing. Sometimes I think I didn’t do or see enough - actually, I know I didn’t… But there was so much to do and I didn’t know my way around. But I went, and drove (standard!!) around one of the most beautiful and important places in the world, met veterans, met civilians who I’m still in contact with, met the actors from BoB, and was overall part of something amazing. Trying not to overthink

[wetravelfast00]

Black Canadians in Uniform - Profiles of Courage (Second World War): The Carty Brothers

Military service was in the Carty family blood. Five brothers from the Saint John, New Brunswick family served during the Second World War. They came by this dedication to duty honestly—their father Albert Carty had served with the No. 2 Construction Battalion during the First World War.

At a time when recruiting regulations restricted the ability of Black people to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force, all five overcame the odds and became airmen. Four of the five served at military bases in Canada during the war. Flight Sergeant Adolphus Carty, the eldest, was an airframe mechanic. His brother, Flight Sergeant William Carty, was an aeronautical inspector. Leading Aircraftman Clyde Carty was a firefighter. And Aircraftman (Second Class) Donald Carty was an equipment assistant.

Gerald Carty enlisted at age 18 and became one of the youngest commissioned officers in the Royal Canadian Air Force a year later. He served as a wireless air gunner in more than 35 bomber missions over occupied Europe and was wounded in action.

In keeping with the family tradition, the two younger Carty brothers still at home during the war years, Robert and Malcolm, were members of the Army and Air Cadets.

Source: Veterans Affairs Canada/Government of Canada

[scottlaurent]

Storming Omaha beach

by Robert Capa

[todaysdocument]

The First D-Day Documentary

D-Day to D plus 3 Series : Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, compiled 1947 - 1964. Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 (Compiled from multiple items)

Despite being cataloged, described, and housed at the National Archives for decades, the films created by the U.S. Military during World War II still hold unexpected surprises.

In a recent search for combat moving image footage to complement the Eisenhower Library’s commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings, Steve Greene, the Special Media Holdings Coordinator for the Presidential Libraries System, identified four reels of a documentary on the landings prepared by the “SHAEF [Supreme Headquarter Allied Expeditionary Forces] Public Relations Division.”

These reels were assigned separate, nonsequential identifying numbers in the Army Signal Corps Film catalog, suggesting that the Army did not recognize them to be parts of single production. Rather than offering the perspective of a single combat photographer, the reels shifted perspective from the sea, to the air, to the beaches, suggesting careful editing to provide an overview. The 33 minutes of film were described on a shot card as “a compilation of some of the action that took place from D Day to Day Plus 3, 6-9 June 1944.” The production, with no ambient sound, music or effects, includes a single monotone narrator and gives the impression of a military briefing set to film.

This film is probably the first film documentary of the events of the first four days of the D-day assault, created within days of the invasion…

Keep Reading at The Unwritten Record » The First D-Day Documentary →

[esthetismes]

tbh I'm still not over when I met the BoB cast and veterans in June and Ross McCall asked to switch pens and said he'd never forget me and then favourited my tweet about it

[gaviationr]

Airshow Preview - RAFA Shoreham Airshow 2014, 30-31/08/14

Airshow Preview - RAFA Shoreham Airshow 2014, 30-31/08/14 #airshow #shorehamairshow #aviation

With the RAFA Shoreham Airshow celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, a bumper flying programme is planned to mark the occasion in style, cementing Shoreham as one of the premier events on the British air display calendar. Elliott Marsh profiles the airshow for GAR.

The RAFA Shoreham Airshow has grown tremendously during its 25 year tenure in the idyllic confines of what is now named Brighton…

[mondoloni]

Ralph Hebb, canadian veteran, 92.- This is a work I did for France Info. For the 70th anniversary of the D-Day in Ouistreham, Normandy, I realized a serie of 70 portraits. This portrait is one of them. You can see the others on my website.

[franglaiseblog]

The indomitable spirit of these old soldiers is something to behold. During the ceremony, we were told that a statue would be erected on the site – to be unveiled on the 75th anniversary. The padre said he hoped to see all those assembled in 5 years time and a small ripple of laughter broke out among the veterans. Then, just as it fell silent, I heard the words, “Power of positive thinking, lads!” and another declared, “I’ll only be 97!”