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June 6, the 69th Anniversary of the boys of Point-du-Hoc
2013-06-06
Posted by:Beavis

#6  IIRC "We stand here today on a lonely windswept cliff on the northern shore of France ...".

It was never a major or decisive battlefield in World, Military History until that day.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-06-06 23:11  

#5  Often forgotten was the Dieppe Raid which preceded D-Day, and the many British and Canadian losses.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-06 12:44  

#4  First I've heard it. Awesome speech.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-06-06 10:58  

#3  Damn PK, that's powerful.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-06 09:32  

#2  The Leftest trope of 'White Privilege' never seems to include this image from Normandy.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-06 08:50  

#1  It doesn't bare thinking about how long ago and far away this speech was made.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-06 05:12  

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