Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day (and a week)

2015-06-15 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
"Scott Ritchey" Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day (and a week) Wilton, Thanks for that first-hand account of D-day from ground level. All: Maybe folks have already seen this (and I should have posted it a week ago) but here is (IMO) a very int

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day (and a week)

2015-06-14 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Wilton, Thanks for that first-hand account of D-day from ground level. All: Maybe folks have already seen this (and I should have posted it a week ago) but here is (IMO) a very interesting slide-show of D-day (and beyond) events: http://pt709.synology.me/NormandyLanding1.pps. Left click on th

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-11 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
usually in view long enough, unless one just by chance matches my memory of him 70+ years ago. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
o. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day Watching part of a Nova program ton

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-10 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Discussion List" Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day Watching part of a Nova program tonight about D Day. One of the first scenes I saw had guys in a landing craft. The helmets had white ar

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-10 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
cedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:36 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: WILTON Subject: [MBZ] 71 years and a day And we should never florget. I wrote the folllowing several years ago. Some of you may hjave seen it before. "LITTLE BOATS" AND

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-10 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Thanks Wilton! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:36 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: WILTON Subject: [MBZ] 71 years and a day And we should never florget. I wrote the

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-07 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
No matter now, I sent the link to the video and if anyone wants they can find the picture. It was weird though... My computer said it was under 150 Kb, and the message from the okie mail said it was some huge number in the Gb range. I tried it over after I reduced the size of the picture to

Re: [MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Just a reminder: If you get a “needs approval” message from the list, drop me a private message so I know it’s there. I try to check the incoming queue at least once a day, since if I don’t it gets unbelievably backed up with all sorts of things you don’t want to know about. If the spam that

[MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
And we should never florget. I wrote the folllowing several years ago. Some of you may hjave seen it before. "LITTLE BOATS" AND 6 JUN 1944 By Wilton W. Strickland My brother, Lewis Clyde Strickland, then 21 and with 3 1/2 yrs in the US Navy, was the senior noncommissioned officer (NCO)/leader

[MBZ] 71 years and a day

2015-06-07 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
I sent a post with a photo last night, but it has not cleared the listmom. so, without the photo: Today is D-Day plus 1 Remembering the monumental efforts of 1944. Defeat tyranny. Viva la liberte! The photo shows people on the beach below a cemetary. Never having been there, I'm guessing