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                        68 Years ago Today - D-Day

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                        Blueline
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                          August 2011
                        68 Years ago Today - D-Day
                        Posted by Blueline on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:17 PM

                        Let us remember those who fought and died on this day in 1944.

                        Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. Within three months, the northern part of France would be freed and the invasion force would be preparing to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet forces moving in from the east. - Source

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:24 PM

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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:32 PM

                        I must say I forgot that today is D-Day. My thanks to all the brave allied soldiers who fought on that hellish day.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Gordon D. King
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                        Posted by Gordon D. King on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 10:41 PM

                        During my career as a new reporter/photographer I interviewed many soldiers and sailors who participated in D-Day. I also  interviewed some who took part in Operation Tiger, a training exercise for D-Day. Unfortunately none of them are still alive. If you see a veteran of any war,  please shake their hand and thank them for their service. It means a lot to them to be recognized.

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                        richs26
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                          September 2005
                        • From: North Pole, Alaska
                        Posted by richs26 on Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:35 AM

                        It is also the end of the battle of Midway, and Dutch harbor and the start of the invasion of Kiska on the 6th and Attu on the 7th.

                        WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

                        Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

                        Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

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                        Hans von Hammer
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                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:32 PM

                        I'm thinking "Group Build" for 70th anniversary, to start on 6 JUN 03 and end on 6 JUN 44... 

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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:49 PM

                        Hans von Hammer

                        I'm thinking "Group Build" for 70th anniversary, to start on 6 JUN 03 and end on 6 JUN 44... 

                        My thinking is you meant start 6/6/13 and end 6/6/14? Wink

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Bish
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:52 PM

                        tigerman

                        Hans von Hammer:

                        I'm thinking "Group Build" for 70th anniversary, to start on 6 JUN 03 and end on 6 JUN 44... 

                         

                        My thinking is you meant start 6/6/13 and end 6/6/14? Wink

                        I always thought Hans was a bit behind the rest of us. Now we know, 10 years behind, or is that 70 years behind. Wink

                        Now thats a GB timeframe i might be able to make.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        Hans von Hammer
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                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, June 8, 2012 8:07 PM

                        Arrghh..  Sorry..

                        First date was a typo, second a typing habit...

                        Meant 6 JUNE 13 and 6 JUNE 14...

                         

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                        Bish
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Saturday, June 9, 2012 1:29 AM

                        Hans von Hammer

                        Arrghh..  Sorry..

                        First date was a typo, second a typing habit...

                        Meant 6 JUNE 13 and 6 JUNE 14...

                         

                        Ye ye, course it was Wink

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        Hans von Hammer
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                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:52 AM

                         

                        I always thought Hans was a bit behind the rest of us. Now we know, 10 years behind, or is that 70 years behind.

                        Heh.. Not that it matters to anyone, but it is a fact that I hate the 21st Century...  Out of all the kits I got, around 300 or so, I think only about 10% are kits that were manufactured after 2001..  

                        Even my car is an '81... (El Camino, for those of you who were about to ask..) Got my eye on a 1970 Ford LTD too (Vary little rust, and the 351 Windsor in it purrs. Well, not purr, but it makes that "Ford Sound" of a purr. More like a diesel, lol.... Owner wants 2 grand for it, but it ain't getting many hits.. But I can get it from him for 1700 in a few weeks..

                        My first car was a '70 LTD, so I guess I just wanna "go back", lol..

                         

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:41 AM

                        Hans von Hammer

                         

                        I always thought Hans was a bit behind the rest of us. Now we know, 10 years behind, or is that 70 years behind.

                        Heh.. Not that it matters to anyone, but it is a fact that I hate the 21st Century...  Out of all the kits I got, around 300 or so, I think only about 10% are kits that were manufactured after 2001..  

                        Even my car is an '81... (El Camino, for those of you who were about to ask..) Got my eye on a 1970 Ford LTD too (Vary little rust, and the 351 Windsor in it purrs. Well, not purr, but it makes that "Ford Sound" of a purr. More like a diesel, lol.... Owner wants 2 grand for it, but it ain't getting many hits.. But I can get it from him for 1700 in a few weeks..

                        My first car was a '70 LTD, so I guess I just wanna "go back", lol..

                         

                         

                        While perhaps not as extreme as your good self, i do know the feeling somtimes.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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