Every year the French have a 4 day celebration in Normandy complete with American uniforms, tanks, jeeps and guns. They still honor the Americans who died there.
June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of “D-Day”, the largest invasion ever attempted, where 200,000 Americans stormed the beaches at Normandy to begin the final push to defeat Nazi Germany in WWII. D-Day marked the turning point in WWII in Europe. Today, European heads of state make it a point to recall and honor the sacrifices of those who landed in Normandy , as do our Presidents….well, most of them….
In the 69 years since D-Day, there are four occasions when the President of the United States chose not to visit the D-Day Monument that honors the soldiers killed during the Invasion.
The occasions were:
1. Barack Obama, 2010
2. Barack Obama, 2011
3. Barack Obama, 2012
4. Barack Obama, 2013
For the past 69 years, every American President except Obama have taken the time to honor the memory and sacrifices of the 6,000 American soldiers killed on D-Day. ….Except Obama!
June 6 2010, Obama had no events scheduled.
June 6, 2011, Obama met with the National Security team and was interviewed by WEWS Cleveland and WDIV in Detroit about the auto industry – FAR too busy to visit the D-Day memorial.
June 6, 2012, instead of honoring our fallen soldiers, Obama made a campaign trip to California on Air Force 1 (at our expense) to raise funds for (his) upcoming election.
June 6, 2013, Obama was doing ANOTHER fund raiser with the multimillionaires in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Palo Alto CA , once again at our expense.
America – Aren’t you proud?
Four times in 69 years!!
“June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of “D-Day”, the largest invasion ever attempted, where 200,000 Americans stormed the beaches at Normandy ”
Not to diminish the American contribution, but exaggeration just makes no sense.
” A more detailed order of battle for D-Day itself can be found at Normandy landings.
British 6th Airborne Division.
British I Corps,
British 3rd Infantry Division
British 27th Armoured Brigade.
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division,
Canadian 2nd Armoured Brigade
British XXX Corps,
British 50th Infantry Division
British 8th Armoured Brigade.
British 79th Armoured Division
U.S. V Corps, U.S.
1st Infantry Division
U.S. 29th Infantry Division.
U.S. VII Corps,
U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division.
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division.
The total number of troops landed on D-Day was around 130,000-156,000 roughly half American and the other from the UK and Commonwealth Countries.”
I.E. approx 65,000 to 75,000 American troops.
“By 19 June, when severe storms interrupted the landing of supplies for several days .. the British had landed 314,547 men,….while the Americans put ashore 314,504 men,”
“the 6,000 American soldiers killed on D-Day”
After full invasion : (approx end of June)
Numbers total killed, wounded, missing or captured
United States – 6,603 (1,465 killed)
Source The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Europeans, by the 2nd election of Obama, were sooooo over this loser, as they saw him for the phony that he was.
Sadly, Americans aren’t quite so bright, and with the help of the Shadow Government, allowed this man to hasten us down the road towards their Final Goal of Amerika.
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Swifty Lomax was the name of a guy in a western.
I believe Jack Elam played the character who was a
gun slinger.
That was Swifty Morgan, played by Chuck Conners. Jack Elam pretended to be Swifty in the movie. At the end of the movie Swifty Morgan shot himself in the foot. I am Swifty Lomax, but thanks just the same for the recognition. 🙂