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bob48

June 05, 2014, 12:41:25 PM
I shall be watching the coverage on the BBC during the day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27700479
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Martok

#1
June 05, 2014, 05:35:27 PM
Very cool.  I can't imagine any of the major networks over here doing that. 
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Gusington

#2
June 05, 2014, 06:02:46 PM
Over here Tom Brokaw is all over the news with his D-Day coverage. He is not aging well...a lot of the vets who are 15-20 years older than him look better than he does :(
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GDS_Starfury

#3
June 05, 2014, 09:53:09 PM
didn't he just get diagnosed with something?
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GDS_Starfury

#4
June 05, 2014, 09:55:23 PM
ah, yes...  multiple myeloma

not an easy thing.  my mom's had the smoldering stages of this for 6 years which oddly is a good thing.  the aggressive type is no bueno.
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Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

bayonetbrant

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June 06, 2014, 05:31:20 AM


QuoteSeventy years ago, Jim "Pee Wee" Martin parachuted into France, behind German enemy lines, in the dark of night ahead of the D-Day invasion. Today at the age of 93, the World War ll veteran jumped into Normandy again, in a full military kit, to mark the anniversary of the June 6th landings by Allied troops. Before jumping he said, "They are worried about me getting hurt. I said, 'Don't worry about it. If I get hurt or I get killed, what is the difference? I've lived 93 years. I've had a good life.'"
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bayonetbrant

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June 06, 2014, 05:45:10 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

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bayonetbrant

#7
June 06, 2014, 05:58:57 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Boggit

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June 06, 2014, 06:00:31 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 06, 2014, 05:45:10 AM
written by a fellow wargamer

http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/pegasus-bridge/
Good concise article. 8)

If you're really interested in the battle, also check out Stephen Ambrose's 'Pegasus Bridge', based upon many hours of interviews with the survivors, both British, and German. The planning considerations are almost as interesting as the battle itself. :)
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undercovergeek

#9
June 06, 2014, 06:16:59 AM
"But the Normandy Veterans' Association says its numbers have fallen to around 600 from about 15,000 and has announced it will disband in November."

sad

Centurion40

#10
June 06, 2014, 07:18:22 AM
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/d-day-landing-sites-then-now-normandy-beaches-1944-70-years-later-1450286

Too bad the soldiers couldn't see into the future, the hot babes would have put more of a stride in their step.

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Gusington

#11
June 06, 2014, 07:48:03 AM
Pee Wee is my idol.
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Atilla60

#12
June 06, 2014, 01:25:47 PM
Quote from: Boggit on June 06, 2014, 06:00:31 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on June 06, 2014, 05:45:10 AM
written by a fellow wargamer

http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/pegasus-bridge/
Good concise article. 8)

+1

Speaking about Pegasus Bridge. Apparently there was a ceremony yesterday (June 5.)
I stumbled on this video on Youtube.

Pretty cool clip.
I especially like the first 20 seconds of the it. A Spitfire with a Typhoon on its tail. There's just something about it.
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WallysWorld

#13
June 06, 2014, 01:42:17 PM
Here in Canada, CBC had live coverage of the Juno Beach ceremony.
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WallysWorld

#14
June 07, 2014, 09:14:17 PM
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I'm with isn't *it* and what *it* is seems weird and scary to me." - Abraham Simpson
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