D-Day Anniversary 2008 - June 6, 1944

[civilwargal]

What a fantastic series of photos. Moose and your son look so cute together. I've always loved a man in uniform.

[Walt's Daughter]

Received this from my 82nd Airborne buddy, Howard Huebner. I am very proud of you Howard. Way to go boy!

 

BETTY AND AND I WERE INVITED TO HOUSTON, TEXAS TO GIVE A SPPECH ABOUT D-DAY. THEY FLEW US OVER. IT WAS A ONE NIGHT STAY. ENOUGH OF HOUSTON TOO BIG. WE HAD A GOOD FLIGHT BOTH WAYS. THEY SAID IT WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD THEY HAVE EVER HAD. IT WAS IN AN OLD HOUSE OF YEARS AGO. A BIG ONE - LIVING ROOM ABOUT 40 X 60 FT. WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND I DIDN'T PUT ANYONE TO SLEEP. GOT A STANDING OVATION. I'M STILL ON CRUTCHES AND WHEN A GAL WHEELED ME TO THE PLANE SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING AND I TOLD HER. SHE SAID YOU GOT TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN, AND HE WAS WAITING FOR ME AND WE CHATTED A BIT. WHILE ON THE TARMACK HE ANOUNCED WE HAVE A CELEBRITY ON BOARD, A PARATROOPER WHO JUMPED INTO NORMANDY AND I GOT A LOUD APPLAUSE. WHAT A TRIP...

 

HOWARD

[CaptO]

Great pic's V!! I'm so jealous!! Hopefully I could make it out there some time. Doesn't look like next year is going to work, being in Iraq and all, but maybe sometime. Can't wait to see more photos.

[Walt's Daughter]

A few other links from Jim Hennessey:

 

Sorry, better late than never...

 

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/dday.htm

 

http://www.army.mil/d-day/

 

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&...june%2C6%2C1944

[Walt's Daughter]

Here's a link Howard Huebner sent me, re: post earlier this week

 

http://www.afdehou.org/index_files/events.htm

 

Marion's note: Evidently this link doesn't take you to the story anymore. Sigh!

[verow]

Hello at all,

 

 

I decide to put all the photos I took of my stay in normandy where I spent three wonderful days. The festivities organised for the anniversary of the landing . I'm sure you'd have loved it !! We met a lot of American soldiers especially pilots and paratroops because they were jumping on sunday close to the "Fiére" .Together with French and German paratroops.

I Encounter people formidable.

I was very moved by my meeting with several véterans.

Has who I made autographs sign .

 

My son Arnaud ask to get a picture with them and for a autographs .They did it with amusement and enthusiasm. The american soldiers I found it very nice . They give him full of this pin's badges of them division and chocolate . It was like any proud !

He said Mom, look american chocolate . As grandmother had to eat when she was little during the war .

 

Here a link album with photos from the Anniversary D-Day Normandy 2008 :

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/Normandie06

 

I hope you like the photos

VEE

[moose]

Hello at all,

 

 

I decide to put all the photos I took of my stay in normandy where I spent three wonderful days. The festivities organised for the anniversary of the landing . I'm sure you'd have loved it !! We met a lot of American soldiers especially pilots and paratroops because they were jumping on sunday close to the "Fiére" .Together with French and German paratroops.

I Encounter people formidable.

I was very moved by my meeting with several véterans.

Has who I made autographs sign .

 

My son Arnaud ask to get a picture with them and for a autographs .They did it with amusement and enthusiasm. The american soldiers I found it very nice . They give him full of this pin's badges of them division and chocolate . It was like any proud !

He said Mom, look american chocolate . As grandmother had to eat when she was little during the war .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/Normandie06

 

I hope you like the pictures

 

VEE

 

 

 

OUTSTANDING... Well done VEE. you certainly got around.

[ColBill]

VEE,

MANY THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR GREAT PICTURES ON D-DAY ANNIVERSARY . I KNOW EVERONE LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING MORE IN YOUR ALBUM.

 

I ALSO ENJOYED SEEING THE COMMENTS FROM ALL THE OTHERS ON THE FORUM.

 

ColBill

[Dogdaddy]

Dear Vee,

LOVED YOUR PHOTOS! Thank you for sharing them with us. Some of them (of the elderly Vets) was almost too much. I Thank God for every day we still have them among us. I only wish it could be Forever...and I mean all of them, not just the men who took part in the invasion of Normandie. Again, Thank You for those wonderful photos!

 

Dogdaddy

[ColBill]

Vee,

 

I have recently finished a review of your D-Day anniversary album on Picasa Web .

It was wonderful !! I especially enjoyed seeing you, Arnaud and Luc and others form the forum in your pictures.The area at Colleville sur mer is beautiful and you seemed to have a very nice weather day .

 

Thank you again for sharing your beautiful photos .

 

ColBill