On June 6 1944 When the German Defender Saw the Armada Coming toward them What were their First Word ( Archived) (27)

Near the very end of the film El Cid with Charleston Heston, the scenes show him on his horse riding along the beach...a total editing blurb occurs for a brief moment showing some guys in the surf, in inner tubes playing around...this reminded me of a real situation that occurred at Normandy beach when the invasion fleet came over the horizon...there were a squad of soldiers running along the beach in their gym shorts and some soldiers in the surf with inner tubes when the guards on the walls started yelling...I have wondered what their words were when they turned around and saw the ships...Having seen a lot of newsreel footage of the landing throughout that morning, I did catch one brief, panning shot actually showing an inner tube floating at the edge of the beach as soldiers ran ashore...it has always been a reminder of having lost some great last lines that no one recorded or filmed. I met one ex soldier that was there that morning and this scenario was just one of the surreal moments he told me about...When I saw the film, The Longest Day, I always thought that this scenario would have made a great opening scene... (Monty Python was pre-empted...)

the film saving private Ryan," was shot at balineska curracloe beach in Wexford Ireland,the beach resembles Normandy,the first ten minites of the film I was shot here depicting when the Americans and English landed on the beach and they were not anticipating to be slaughtered...if every country kept to their own wouldnt life be made homer simple.

There weren,t many S Irish there thats for sure.

more than you think,...a German bomb dropped in a village near my town killing a large number of people..considering Ireland had nothing to do with Germany and the English invading Ireland and not any help during the famine and we had thousands that had to leave their own land I would say the Irish were very obliging in their contribution towards the war many many poor Irish lost their lives sur it wouldn't be the first time they perished from the infliction opposed on us from another country.

my grandmothers brother Sean was only 23 he had been a prisoner of war survived that and when he was waiting to come home staying at the camp at the end of the war he died of gas fumes,there he was after surviving the war for that to happen,my nan told me her mother was waiting at the station for him to come home in Dublin and she didnt receive the newse of what happend to him till the next day.my aunt has a book of his cartoon drawings he did of the war he had a great sense humour,he was a good artist and I've seen pics of him he was so very handymen.so here's to you Sean and all who perished.

that was meant to spell handsome.

You may or may not have noticed I have moved couunties as well, may be moving again soon!!!!!!!!

When I visited France we went to Normandy and visited uhtar beach ,I bought a decanter for 5 euro that would have been used to store drink or food whatever it had a seriel number on it.i gave it away because I thought it gave me bad luck after I separated from my hubby,stupid me could of been a real collectors item could have sold it.

Juust seeing what YOUR reaction was, thanks, I,m only here for the amusement value.

“A thousand ships to free a woman?

Was her va*ina made of gold?”