Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
Sorry it took me so long to follow the link and see the photos - the 1st photo that appears is an incredible view of what the men faced once the big door was dropped - it looks like the German positions are a mile away - it's amazing that *any* men made it across all that open land! While the smoke probably helped the men avoid some enemy fire it also made it tougher for the Navy ships to use their guns against the pillboxes - destroyers finally closed near the beach and risked grounding to allow them to fire nearly pointblank into the pilboxes. Surviving Germans said they had no chance against that firepower - the pillboxes were designed to withstnd bombing attacks and land attacks but having a 5 gun firing firectly into the slits gave them *no* chance. Thanks to the destroyers many enemy positions were destroyed allowing the ground pounders to advance. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Some really good pics here. Of course, this all happened a long time (8 years) before I was born. http://www.uscg.mil/history/Normandy_Index.asp D. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An overwhelming majority. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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One of my brother's men on Omaha beach, seventeen-year-old US Navy Seaman Bob Guere, in less than 30 minutes after he had been drafted into the infantry by an Army colonel on the beach, single-handedly destroyed one of those pillboxes by crawling on his belly to directly beneath one of the gun slits and tossing an explosive satchel through it. For his actions, he was awarded the Silver Star. At the end of my interview with him on Sep 11, '01, (yes, the day of the WTC destruction) he reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a photo while saying, Here I am standing in front of that same pillbox on Jun 6 of this year. I had the very distinct honor and pleasure of interviewing several of my brother's men and several of the equally brave Coasties who delivered them to the beach on that fateful day of June 6, 1944, the memory of which should make all Americans, British, Canadians and other allies stand tall with pride. I was also highly honored and deeply humbled to present the Presidential Unit Citation to members of the unit, 6th Naval Beach Battalion, who had not yet received it - 57 years overdue. I was ten years old when those brave men stormed that beach. I'm appalled that it took 57 years and a 67-year-old RETIRED officer of the US Air Force to officially tell them, Thank you. Still and forever humbled, Wilton - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Sorry it took me so long to follow the link and see the photos - the 1st photo that appears is an incredible view of what the men faced once the big door was dropped - it looks like the German positions are a mile away - it's amazing that *any* men made it across all that open land! While the smoke probably helped the men avoid some enemy fire it also made it tougher for the Navy ships to use their guns against the pillboxes - destroyers finally closed near the beach and risked grounding to allow them to fire nearly pointblank into the pilboxes. Surviving Germans said they had no chance against that firepower - the pillboxes were designed to withstnd bombing attacks and land attacks but having a 5 gun firing firectly into the slits gave them *no* chance. Thanks to the destroyers many enemy positions were destroyed allowing the ground pounders to advance. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Some really good pics here. Of course, this all happened a long time (8 years) before I was born. http://www.uscg.mil/history/Normandy_Index.asp D. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An overwhelming majority. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Another branch that gets little credit is the Merchant Marine. I need to check but I seem to recal hearing they lost more men to enemy action than any other. Some men were torpedoed and rescued by another ship in the convoy only to be sunk again - some men were sunk as many as 3 times in one voyage!Most of the ships were without much to shoot back with - and the Germans used long distance airplaces to bomb the ships. All those ships in the water off Normandy are part merchant ships and part warships - and the Germans were targeting the merchant ships as well as the warships. IIRC the Merchant Marine veterans had trouble taking advantage of the benefits promised to the other services. Eventually they were successful I believe.. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 US Navy and US Coast Guard. How many or what percentage of each I don't know, but, yes, Wonko, your service was there en mass, too - likely a large percentage. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Wilton, Who (what service) *drove* the boats that delivered the folks to the beach? On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I turned 10 four days after my brother, Lewis, and others of that finest of generations stormed onto/into France. I was not quite 8 when another brother, Jerry, helped to deliver Doolittle's men and 16 B-25's on the carrier, Hornet, to within striking distance of Japan. I was 11 when another brother, Carson, rode a halftrack into Germany in '45, about the same time Lewis, as Chief-of-the-Boat delivered troops, supplies during the invasion of Okinawa. (Okinawa, is that spelled right? 'Doesn't look right.) There's no way that we can ever thank that finest of generations for saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and their henchmen. Humbly, Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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LarryT wrote: I wonder what the world would be like if we were in the same situation today? Fighting Hitler and Tojo at the same time and kids could not volunteer fast enough. I used to think that the draft was pointless. If we really need to go to war, the men will be there. If your government wants your youth to die so it can police the planet, then the government needs fixing. Now I read the newspaper and wonder if USA has any men left. I don't know who/what to blame for the apparent changes in our culture, but the public education system sure isn't helping. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Now I read the newspaper and wonder if USA has any men left. I don't know who/what to blame for the apparent changes in our culture, but the public education system sure isn't helping. Mitch. Lyrics From Brad Paisley's I'm Still A Guy These days there's dudes getting facials Manicured, waxed and botoxed With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands You can't grip a tacklebox Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered It's hip now to be feminized I don't highlight my hair I've still got a pair Yeah honey, I'm still a guy Oh my eyebrows ain't plucked There's a gun in my truck Oh thank God, I'm still a guy Amen. Caveats, YMMV My 2¢ Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
I like to listen to country-western music now - before I listened to 50s 60s stuff. I've found with the CW music the songs haves such emotion in them sometimes I have to back off. Some are incredibly sad - other very patriotic, some funny and some happy. I guess the music on the popular stations have similarily talented writers but the CW has the edge on emotions. IMHO of course. ;-) Take care -- Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Now I read the newspaper and wonder if USA has any men left. I don't know who/what to blame for the apparent changes in our culture, but the public education system sure isn't helping. Mitch. Lyrics From Brad Paisley's I'm Still A Guy These days there's dudes getting facials Manicured, waxed and botoxed With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands You can't grip a tacklebox Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered It's hip now to be feminized I don't highlight my hair I've still got a pair Yeah honey, I'm still a guy Oh my eyebrows ain't plucked There's a gun in my truck Oh thank God, I'm still a guy Amen. Caveats, YMMV My 2¢ Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
Wilton, Who (what service) *drove* the boats that delivered the folks to the beach? On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I turned 10 four days after my brother, Lewis, and others of that finest of generations stormed onto/into France. I was not quite 8 when another brother, Jerry, helped to deliver Doolittle's men and 16 B-25's on the carrier, Hornet, to within striking distance of Japan. I was 11 when another brother, Carson, rode a halftrack into Germany in '45, about the same time Lewis, as Chief-of-the-Boat delivered troops, supplies during the invasion of Okinawa. (Okinawa, is that spelled right? 'Doesn't look right.) There's no way that we can ever thank that finest of generations for saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and their henchmen. Humbly, Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
US Navy and US Coast Guard. How many or what percentage of each I don't know, but, yes, Wonko, your service was there en mass, too - likely a large percentage. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Wilton, Who (what service) *drove* the boats that delivered the folks to the beach? On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I turned 10 four days after my brother, Lewis, and others of that finest of generations stormed onto/into France. I was not quite 8 when another brother, Jerry, helped to deliver Doolittle's men and 16 B-25's on the carrier, Hornet, to within striking distance of Japan. I was 11 when another brother, Carson, rode a halftrack into Germany in '45, about the same time Lewis, as Chief-of-the-Boat delivered troops, supplies during the invasion of Okinawa. (Okinawa, is that spelled right? 'Doesn't look right.) There's no way that we can ever thank that finest of generations for saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and their henchmen. Humbly, Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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An overwhelming majority. I am sorry for ranting -- we sort of get left out of the reporting of what happened that historical day. And to be honest, the Coasties who survived the drop-off went back to the mother-ship, grabbed a cup of coffee, took a shower, and *then* reflected on what had happened -- and most likely had to run for an extended time in the head. (For you non-sailors, the head is the toilet.) Actually, I think he overwhelming majority (approaching 100%) of the folks driving the landing vehicles were USCG. After all, it was supposed to be shallow water! :-) I will have to research that. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: US Navy and US Coast Guard. How many or what percentage of each I don't know, but, yes, Wonko, your service was there en mass, too - likely a large percentage. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Wilton, Who (what service) *drove* the boats that delivered the folks to the beach? On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I turned 10 four days after my brother, Lewis, and others of that finest of generations stormed onto/into France. I was not quite 8 when another brother, Jerry, helped to deliver Doolittle's men and 16 B-25's on the carrier, Hornet, to within striking distance of Japan. I was 11 when another brother, Carson, rode a halftrack into Germany in '45, about the same time Lewis, as Chief-of-the-Boat delivered troops, supplies during the invasion of Okinawa. (Okinawa, is that spelled right? 'Doesn't look right.) There's no way that we can ever thank that finest of generations for saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and their henchmen. Humbly, Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ http://don.homelinux.net/%7Edon/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Some really good pics here. Of course, this all happened a long time (8 years) before I was born. http://www.uscg.mil/history/Normandy_Index.asp D. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An overwhelming majority. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Don, Thanks for that link. Truly, all were heroes that day! Chuck Phoenix AZ On Jun 7, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Wonko the Sane wrote: Some really good pics here. Of course, this all happened a long time (8 years) before I was born. http://www.uscg.mil/history/Normandy_Index.asp D. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An overwhelming majority. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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That's why you gotta play CW backwards. Hendrik LarryT wrote: I like to listen to country-western music now - before I listened to 50s 60s stuff. I've found with the CW music the songs haves such emotion in them sometimes I have to back off. Some are incredibly sad - other very patriotic, some funny and some happy. I guess the music on the popular stations have similarily talented writers but the CW has the edge on emotions. IMHO of course. ;-) Take care -- Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
10-4, Chuck. Bob R. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Landenberger Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 5:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 Just a moment to pay homage to the many brave soldiers who went ashore in France on this date 64 years ago. Lest we forget! Be safe and God Bless America! Chuck Phoenix AZ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Yep. Thanks for reminding me. We salute them. My mother was 12 (she was 20 when I was born). On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a moment to pay homage to the many brave soldiers who went ashore in France on this date 64 years ago. Lest we forget! Be safe and God Bless America! Chuck Phoenix AZ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Getting those sailors off the beach probably saved their lives - the beach was a killing field. To think of what all those *teenagers* did never fails to amaze me when thinking about it. Many of the kids died without firing a shot while other reacted to life and death situation by being *heros*. I wonder what the world would be like if we were in the same situation today? Fighting Hitler and Tojo at the same time and kids could not volunteer fast enough. In one small town 3 or 4 18 yr olds committed suicide after being refused entry into service - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:27 PM Subject: [MBZ] June 6, 1944 I turned 10 four days after my brother, Lewis, and others of that finest of generations stormed onto/into France. I was not quite 8 when another brother, Jerry, helped to deliver Doolittle's men and 16 B-25's on the carrier, Hornet, to within striking distance of Japan. I was 11 when another brother, Carson, rode a halftrack into Germany in '45, about the same time Lewis, as Chief-of-the-Boat delivered troops, supplies during the invasion of Okinawa. (Okinawa, is that spelled right? 'Doesn't look right.) There's no way that we can ever thank that finest of generations for saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and their henchmen. Humbly, Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
