Mickey Finn 3,014 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/06/scenes-from-d-day-then-and-now/100752/ If this has already been shared I appologize. If not then you can click on the historic photo and see the same spot today. #11 is my favorite. ATB 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Many thanks for alerting me to that link Amazing. 12 / 13 Edited June 11, 2014 by gonetoearth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Good link MF, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,780 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 #12 1st special service brigade (army commandos) commanded by the mad b*****d Lord Lovat, lol. Against orders he took his piper Bill Millin into battle and had the bugger march up and down sword beach playing away! Lovat's reasoning with Millin; “Ah, but that’s the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn’t apply.” LOL LOL. Millin is in that picture. You'll also notice none of them are wearing the standard issue helmets, Lovat took his men into battle wearing their berets. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frann 882 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Very interesting, cheers for sharing I love seeing these kind of pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) #12 1st special service brigade (army commandos) commanded by the mad b*****d Lord Lovat, lol. Against orders he took his piper Bill Millin into battle and had the bugger march up and down sword beach playing away! Lovat's reasoning with Millin; Ah, but thats the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesnt apply. LOL LOL. Millin is in that picture. You'll also notice none of them are wearing the standard issue helmets, Lovat took his men into battle wearing their berets.. The piper was nealy shot by a sgt major. Who remonstrated with mad lovit saying dont you think were attracting enough attention sir withought your piper. Attracting every mashine gunner lol. Mad but a fooking legend Edited June 11, 2014 by gonetoearth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/06/scenes-from-d-day-then-and-now/100752/ If this has already been shared I appologize. If not then you can click on the historic photo and see the same spot today. #11 is my favorite. ATB . 13 CURRAHEE. !!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIG G wheton machine 1,594 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Nice 1 Mickey Finn all brave men n women which I hold in the highest regard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norseman 424 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 great photos there, would take serious balls to have charged those beaches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 3,014 Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 great photos there, would take serious balls to have charged those beaches. They were MEN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,173 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Each time D-Day is mentioned I think of my dad. He and his two brothers both went up those beaches. His younger brother was killed outright, and his older brother lost and eye and an arm. My dad, who was a sniper for most of the war, went through the whole war without a scratch, though it had definitely affected him mentally and emotionally. He would never talk much about the horror of it, only nice little stories about the interesting people he met along the way. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire dan 467 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Great link Mickey. And I take my hat off to your dad and uncles Skycat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,121 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Amazing how much has changed but how much still looks the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,173 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Just ruminating here, as you do but it's strange how we have war shoved down our throats every day, from all over the world, and we sort of get desensitised to what we see on the media, whereas the moment it affects a family member, even one you never met, it is different. Ever since my dad told me about his younger brother getting killed when he was only just 22 (I think), I kind of felt sad that I'd never met him, like there was a connection somehow, which is weird considering that he died before I was even born, whereas my uncle, who I didn't meet many times admittedly, had absolutely no impact on me at all. Both my uncle and my dad got diabetes after the war, which the doctors said was due to the trauma they went through. My dad went through several countries during the war, and was at one of the concentration camps when they freed the people inside. He would never even talk about that at all. He was a very quiet, solitary person, a sculptor and a potter, and he loved hunting, outwitting his prey. Rabbit was practically the only meat we ate when I was young and my family were broke, and he'd crawl about on the moors in Cornwall sneaking up on rabbits with his .22. He was an amazing shot, and once shot a rat at the end of the garden wall while we were having tea in the kitchen. Just went and got his rifle and shot it out of the window Didn't even seem to aim at it, just fired from the hip so to speak. Like so many people say, I wish I'd known him better as an adult, asked him more about the things that happened during the war, though he did tell some funny stories about unwarlike things that happened to him. I'm proud to have had him for a father. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STRANGER 948 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Great stories Skycat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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