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For the Younger People lest we should ever forget
Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 8:24 am
by ironhorse
Good Morning! On this day in 1945, the U.S., U.K., and other Allied nations celebrated Victory in Europe Day, marking the defeat of the Nazis in World War II. AMEN!
Re: For the Younger People lest we should ever forget
Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 9:30 am
by Jerry VanOoteghem
VE Day.
God Bless them all...
Re: For the Younger People lest we should ever forget
Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 2:27 pm
by Tadpole
Amen! Tough people suffered then so I don’t have to now, I could never appreciate it enough.
Re: For the Younger People lest we should ever forget
Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 10:18 pm
by 1925 Touring
VE, victory in europe day.
We remember and honor.
Re: For the Younger People lest we should ever forget
Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 7:37 pm
by Bill Dizer
The one my dad was waiting for was VJ Day! He was Navy, skipper of the landing craft tank, LCT 685, at Okinawa! He started in the New Hebrides, then to Biak, then Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, then Subic Bay and Manila, then to Okinawa, and then finally landing the initial lands in Japan. All that way under their own power, at 5 knots! 105 foot, 220 ton, flat bottom ramp type landing barge capacity, three Sherman tanks or equivalent!