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More vigorously and with greater force and depth than had been anticipated. What do you think patton would have done in that circumstance . Landing an army on the beach with no opposition . Would he do you think he might have dug in . You know, thats a counter factual and historians always love counter factuals because i cant be wrong. I can say, yeah, he would have dug in just like lucas did. Or no, he would have raced to rome and the story of the anzio landings would have been considerably dif...

To be married and we had three children. Of course, theres one. Another question for the panel . This question is for mrs. Olson and mrs. Snyder. I heard the toughest job is an army wife. How do you feel about that . Do you feel that . Or a marine wife. When he got home, we were married in three weeks after he got home. The war was still going on, he got to come home because of what he had been through, so thats why we were sent to camp leje e lejeune. We lived there on base for almost a year al...

Out is that the germans at salerno used experimental glider bombers, Remote Control glider bombers and that almost caused the operation to be a failure for the United States. Yeah. And so did the german do you know if the germans used those same tactics in any other phase of the war . The germans were fiendish in coming up with new gadgets and one that they used against us for the first time was a glide bomb called the fritz x. And it was a bomb that was dropped from an airplane and then it was ...

Tenets is to hold the high ground. And the terrain of italy, wasnt there significant reconnaissance or intelligence to find out about, say, not even just the fortifications around them but simply the geography as well as the geology of the area going up the boot . Yeah, we knew a lot. For one thing, when the italians switched sides we had a lot of italian informants. Body the Italian Military, Italian Military provided lots of maps. Needless to say they had lots of experience in areas around cas...

Speakers lecture series. Its an hour and 40 minutes. Thanks so much for inviting me to be with you and for joining me on this gorgeous new york morning. This is the third presentation ive given in this fantastic auditorium at the New York Historical society in just over a year. And all i can say is you folks are gluttons for punishment. Were going to talk about the second world war. I was just in normandy for the 70th anniversary of dday. And that campaign certainly has taken center stage this s...

I think that there needs to be a campaign of writing letters instead of all these emails because they can keep those lett letters instead of they cant keep the emails. Theyre in space. Letters are tangible. And reread them. Thats the wonderful part. And years and years from now, those soldiers can read them and think back. It is very necessary for people to write letters. At 5 00 a booth will open over by the statue where you can make a card to send to a current soldier. We have time for one mor...

I walked home in the fog and i was pursued by that stupid thing every inch of the way and it was all because of the war. Thats got to be hard to top. Were here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of dday what are your dday memories, how did you hear . Was it one of hope . Was it the light at the end of the tunnel after all these years, anything come to mind . Of course i was working at firestone on that day, and we had all heard at firestone that dday was happening and all the churches were open...

And paratroopers fought through the countryside to find one another. Rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazi guns. To the west, americans took utah beach with relative ease. To the east, the british tore through the coast, fueled by the fury of five years of bombs over london and a solemn vow to fight them on the beaches. The canadians, whose shores had not been touched by war, drove far into france. And here, at omaha, troops who finally made it to the seawall used it as she...

During the invasion. In his speech, the president saint the veterans for their service and greeted many of the following the speech. This is about one hour 20 minutes. In his speech, the president thanked the veterans for their service and greeted many following the speech. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the president s of france and of the United States. Please remain standing for the posting of the colors and the playing of the National Anthem of the French Republic and the United State...

In 1917, when frances independence was at stake, america was there to preserve it. In 1944, when frances soil was occupied, america was there to free it. I know what that cost to the United States, this great brother country, so much sacrifice and human loss. 11 soldiers honored here in this little normandy village, which one day was the most important place in the world. Here lie the martyrs of bloody omaha and the heroes. They fell to save europe. I would like to share with you a few names. Fa...