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More D-Day Info
Jun 6, 2019, 8:58 AM
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This info from the June 2019 issue of the American Legion Magazine.
156,000+ Troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Norway and other Allied
Nations.
5 Beaches ----Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
6,000 Ships and landing craft.
50,000 Vehicles
11,000 Airplanes
12,004 Total number killed, wounded, missing or captured. US 8,230, UK 2,700, Canada 1,074.
326,000 Allied troops who crossed by June 11 plus 100,000 tons of military equipment.
496,777 US WW2 veterans living in 2018
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WW2 veterans are dying at a fast rate because of age and infirmities. I would assume the number still surviving is probably approaching about 400,000. That's about 2.5% of the 16,000,000 who served during WW2. There are not many of us left.
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Thank you, Joe, for being our historian for the Greatest
Jun 6, 2019, 9:24 AM
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Generation. I cannot thank you enough for your service to this country.
These figures are overwhelming, and take a while to sink into the mind...and the heart.
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Thanks... in more ways than one
Jun 6, 2019, 9:42 AM
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As prior military from the 70's it still amazes me to read what the regular soldier went through in WWII let alone the 11B's. I have spoken with many WWII vets that were in Burma with the Merrill's Marauders. What they had to do daily just to make it through the jungle, let alone in combat, is astounding.
Non-Military simply don't understand or can comprehend the daily life in the military as enlisted without experiencing it. I understand serving in peacetime and the stress related to that as an enlisted guy. I can't imagine or even comprehend being dumped on a beach, wading through the water with all your gear being shot at with no place to fight from. Just having to move forward into even deadlier ground. The term "greatest generation" doesn't even begin to reflect the courage needed to live through that experience or what the "next generation" lived through in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf Wars, Afghanistan and now...
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^ Maybe a good reason that Every young person (17-20?)...
Jun 6, 2019, 10:01 AM
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be involved in serving in the armed forces part-time for a short period..thru classes & training..such as the ROTC programs at colleges.
The Israeli's seem to have this perfected.
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