D-Day

[KiltedKnight]

My father landed at Omaha Beach with the 1st. He was lucky enough to survive, but carried a piece of shrapnel in his left forearm 'til his death. I'm always proud to remember him and his comrades on the anniversary of D-Day.

What was his name? I'm attending a reunion of the First Infantry Division in Phoenix from the 12th to the 16th of July, I will mention his name to those who were with him at Omaha.

Chris.

[smaughazard]

What was his name? I'm attending a reunion of the First Infantry Division in Phoenix from the 12th to the 16th of July, I will mention his name to those who were with him at Omaha.

Chris.

PFC Fred Kincaid. Somewhere around here I've a list of the men in his company, if I can find it. Oh, and most of those guys called him "Big'un".

[cavscout]

Truely the "Greatest Generation".

I read a quote somewhere that was a great reminder that cautioned against loosing your temper with members of this greatest generation when they do things that irritate us. The one that sticks with me is when they are driving slow. The reminder was that "while they are slow now, they probably moved a lot quicker while on the beaches of Normandy and have earned the right."

[Moosehead]

Truely the "Greatest Generation".

AGREED!! In the same way as WW1 Vets were our Lost Generation. Still hard to imagine, that almost an entire generation of men were destroyed, either physically or mentally.

Thanks to 2 of my GGrandfathers. Not to forget both of my grandfathers who served in WW2.

[cessna152towser]

Let us never forget those who fought for our freedom. By 1944 my late father was home from his posting to Canada and was servicing aeroplanes and flying boats at Wig Bay and Castle Kennedy on the Solway Firth. If all goes to plan I'm hoping to commemorate the D-day landings with a short flight in a World War 2 Dakota from Coventry Airport into nearby RAF Cosford on Sunday next (11th).

[KiltedKnight]

PFC Fred Kincaid. Somewhere around here I've a list of the men in his company, if I can find it. Oh, and most of those guys called him "Big'un".

Can you give me any more details about him? There will be a lot of soldiers there and there are a lot of different outfits, was he with the 2/16, the 26th, DIVARTY maybe? If you can let me know what unit he was with that would help to break it down as to which CP I need to go to, there may be 2000 men there this year but I'll be happy to bring his name up.

Chris.

[smaughazard]

Can you give me any more details about him? There will be a lot of soldiers there and there are a lot of different outfits, was he with the 2/16, the 26th, DIVARTY maybe? If you can let me know what unit he was with that would help to break it down as to which CP I need to go to, there may be 2000 men there this year but I'll be happy to bring his name up.

Chris.

Many thanks, Chris. I'll see if I can find his unit info tomorrow. The only ting I can lay hands on at the moment is a pair of wooden shoes(!) he picked up in Holland, which have the names of some of the other men in his company written on them.

[Frank McGrath]

My father always told us the story about his wat time exploits. He was staying in New York City, watching guys get on the boats to England for D-Day. A Sargeant came around with a clipboard asking who wanted to go skating. Well, dad, being a roller skater from Wash. D C, signed up. Next thing he knew, Newfoundland. He spent most of the war in St. Johns annd the rest of the war in Crewe, VA, guarding German POW's. He always had good things to say about the guard duty. He liked his crew and they liked him. He never did get to go overseas.