mackem 23,797 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said: I'm not a religious person but, you have to wonder what happens to someone's soul after numbers like that. I wouldn't have dwelled on the numbers, I would have just been thankful I survived that hellish carnage,it was kill or be killed whatever uniform they wore. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,797 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said: Double post, sorry. Edited June 6, 2022 by mackem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,888 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 I think anyone who got off a boat,up the beach and wasn't shot to bits would of been horrified by the carnage and losses...couldn't begin to imagine how that would of affected those young men... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 53 minutes ago, mackem said: I wonder if they knew what they would be facing from the off? watched another similar thing the other day ....see if i can find it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 here it is....great interview this if you havnt seen it before ....very sad at the begining....watch right up till the end though fellas ...it really is worth it... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,797 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, TOMO said: here it is....great interview this if you havnt seen it before ....very sad at the begining....watch right up till the end though fellas ...it really is worth it... R. I. P Bridgewater WWII Decorated War Hero Dies Surrounded By Family | Bridgewater, NJ Patch PATCH.COM Frank DeVita, 96, of Bridgewater, died on Saturday. He is one of the last surviving WWII... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,565 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said: I don't doubt it mate but, regardless of what side they're on, there's probably a decent theological conversation to be had. Like the bloke that released the bomb over Hiroshima - I'd love to know what his thoughts were years later when he was sat somewhere alone and quiet. i know that the pilot and navigator of the Enola gay that dropped the bomb (little boy) on Hiroshima stated that they never lost any sleep over it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,876 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 heres another interview ....well worth listning to 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,872 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 My god father drove a landing craft at Normandy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,414 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 My dad lied about his age and joined the Royal Navy at 15 in the mistaken belief he would join his older brother, not knowing the Navy had a policy of not letting brothers sail on the same ship. He saw action from the Murmansk convoys in the Arctic circle to shelling Burma in south east Asia, as well as in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He sailed on ships as diverse as Tribal Class destroyers, HMS Nubian, and aircraft carriers, HMS Ark Royal, and finished the war with a chest full of campaign medals. After the war, he never travelled abroad again, or even had a passport, until I arranged for him and mum to visit us in Saudi. He rarely mentioned the war, but was very scathing of officers and politicians. My mum still has his certificate for "crossing the line", the Equator, which he seemed more proud of than his medals. Cheers. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 10,440 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 8 hours ago, WILF said: It’s the 6th of June, just saying. The finest generation of men ever. wonder what they would think of all the mask wearing queers 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,134 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Wideboy said: frozen coffee’s. Eh?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty12 1,376 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 11 hours ago, WILF said: It’s the 6th of June, just saying. The finest generation of men ever. Yet there yous are taking health advice and bending over backwards for the same people they fought against .... crazy times eh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 10 hours ago, Jonjon79 said: I don't doubt it mate but, regardless of what side they're on, there's probably a decent theological conversation to be had. Like the bloke that released the bomb over Hiroshima - I'd love to know what his thoughts were years later when he was sat somewhere alone and quiet. He might have thought " it's quiet and nobody's around, might as well knock one out". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Jonjon79 said: I don't doubt it mate but, regardless of what side they're on, there's probably a decent theological conversation to be had. Like the bloke that released the bomb over Hiroshima - I'd love to know what his thoughts were years later when he was sat somewhere alone and quiet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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