June 6, 1944

[appst89]

Today is the 69th anniversary of D-Day. Not too many of those guys still around and it seems most of the country has all but forgotten what they did. The more I read about them, the more amazed I am at what they were able to do on the beaches at Normandy. Truly, they were The Greatest Generation.

[AppGrad1]

Amen and Amen...

[App91]

I shudder to think where we would be had the baby boomer and on generations had to do for us what the greatest gen. did!

[Maddog1956]

[scatman77]

We can also add to this date in 1942 the US Navy's resounding victory at the Battle of Midway. We sent 5 Japanese carriers to sleep with the fishes and sent what was left of their fleet back to Japan with their collective tails between their legs.

[GoApps70]

Four Japanese carriers were sunk near Midway.
The fifth carrier sunk was ours.

[scatman77]

To GoApps70: I stand corrected. The 5th ship was the Mikuma. I can't believe I missed that, having watched the movie "Midway" at least 2 dozen times over the years.

Imperial Japanese Navy Losses
3,057 killed
Aircraft Carrier Akagi
Aircraft Carrier Kaga
Aircraft Carrier Soryu
Aircraft Carrier Hiryu
Heavy Cruiser Mikuma
228 aircraft