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2013-06-06 Europe

June 6, the 69th Anniversary of the boys of Point-du-Hoc

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Posted by Beavis 2013-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#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|| 2013-06-06 05:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The Leftest trope of 'White Privilege' never seems to include this image from Normandy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-06 08:50|| 2013-06-06 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn PK, that's powerful.

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-06 09:32|| 2013-06-06 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 First I've heard it. Awesome speech.

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-06-06 10:58|| 2013-06-06 10:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-06-06 12:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-06-06 23:11|| Front Page Top

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