Eric Whitfield

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 😍

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 I forgot all about the draft. Stupid work made me forget 🤦‍♂️

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 It was soooo good

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 😍

[Arbitrage Andy @ArbitrageAndy1]

26 year olds today: "my anxiety is high, I am overwhelmed by my email job"

26 year olds in 1944:

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@Section17Media Just bought one of the signed, game worn Luke Mergott jerseys and that will forever be hung up in my house

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@DukeMFFootball I was at the ND game and yes the result still crushes me but man I smile thinking about how loud Wallace Wade was.

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@DickieV prayers up to you and your family. "Don't give up. Don't EVER give up." -Jimmy V

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@DukeMBB DO NO LET UP! Put this game away! #DDMF

[Duke Men’s Basketball @DukeMBB]

5-man floor slap ⁉️⁉️⁉️

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 Nothing prettier than a woman in a Duke jersey 😍

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@DukeMBB, @DukeFOOTBALL are ACC CHAMPS! #DDMF

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 😍🥵

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@ktomassoni1 Gorgeous

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@Topps

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@SportsCenter I took a shit earlier that sounded better than that jackass. The All American Halftime Show was 1,000,000 times better

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@UNC_Basketball court storming? Really? That's how far that program has fallen? Can't even win with dignity. University of No Class. Fuck you

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

@WWE Every Saudi event is complete ass

[Eric Whitfield @Its_me_BENDER93]

Saudi Arabia sucks #RoyalRumble