Posted on Jun 6, 2015
Today is/was D-Day, on 6 June 1944. What does D-Day mean to you? To us?
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Today is D-Day, or what we now call D-Day... What does D-Day mean to the US today? What does it mean to veterans today? What do you think of on D-Day?
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My father-in-law flew two missions that day in his B24. I'll be going with him on July 18th on his Honer Flight to Washington DC. It will be his 94th brith day.
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CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter
I have posted my dad's story before. He served in the Pacific. He won the silver star for the recon of Palau. A five man team went in only my dad and one other returned. You can read their story in the book The Naked Warrior. It has been said their mission was the start of the Navy Seals. What makes his story special is he was not trained for that type of work. They needed one more man to fill the UDT team and my dad stepped up to join the team.
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CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter
I had the privilege of going on my own honor flight in March of 2014. I have told every veteran I see about it. It is an awesome experience. I only wish I could of taken my dad but he passed away before we could go. It's a very high honor to be my father-in-law's guardian on this trip. He is a real war hero.
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When I really stop to think about it, COL Charles Williams, I think about the bravery required to storm the beach that day. And then the guts, the grit, the determination required to move inland (and up), fighting an enemy that was raining death down from above. Those men deserve our thanks and they deserve to be remembered - at the very least - on every anniversary of D-Day.
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D-Day means everything to me in respects of Duty Honor Country. I am embedded to the Sacrafice so many gave to the liberty of Freedom world-wide.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL, you are always spot on in your posts. Thank you for being who you are. A darned good soldier.
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