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Back to Normandy
D-Day revisited.

Your replies to an article relating to one soldier's reflection on D-Day

Caring for the wounded, Normandy  beaches  1944

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Philip A. Palese - Nov 06
One can not imagine what it was likefor the 101th and 82nd on that Day. The men of these divisions and all those who landed on the Beach on June 6 are our true Heroes, lets never forget them

I landed on Omaha on August 7th l944.

Ray Butten - Aug '06
Unless you were part of any of this, including myself, no ones knows what it must have been like and what they went through.

Tim Roop - Mar 06
Very good website! There's a documentary getting ready to come out in about 6 months: www.motherofnormandy.com . Please watch the video/trailer. My website: www.ww2dday.com

Gerald B. Murrell - Sept '05
This is a marvelous article. It was of particular meaning to me, having just spent a week in Normandy with two college friends and visiting all of the sites. We were fortunate to have had the company of Andre Heintz for two days, some fifty years after Mollie attended his class at the University of Caen. He is an extremely interesting man and is passionate to this day about the history and events that took place at these sites sixty years ago. I just hope that articles like this are kept in front of the American people in order to instill or remind us all of the sacrifices that were made for the freedom we now enjoy. Being a veteran, I was asked to take part in the flag lowering ceremony at the U. S. Cemetary above Omaha Beach, a singular honor. As we folded the flag, I was unable to stop the tears thinking about all those young men and about what Wally Parr, 6th British Airborne, said. "They gave up all their tomorrows for our todays". Never forget!

Jenny Hornby - June '05
I believe my father Donald Edward Hornby was in the first or second wave of the 82nd Airborne, he was a Pathfinder. He went in on a glider. Does anyone know anything about him?

Martin O'Reilly - June '04
This is a wonderfully moving piece of work which should be shared widely. Sometime the Web is full of nonsense and trash, but when you come across something like this A.V. ... well. It makes the subscription worth while.

Rev. Samuel Lynas Reid - June '04
As a cousin of Mollie McConaghy and Austin Lynas I appreciate being able to follow their contribution to your site. I remember D Day as a young lad still at school. We were thrilled to listen to the radio that day, and followed the events with prayer and anticipation. YPAM has done us all a good turn by all these memories.
Thank-you.
Samuel L. Reid.

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