9,389 Americans rest forever at Normandy American Cemetery including:
307 unknown Soldiers
3 Medal of Honor recipients
45 sets of brothers that lie side-by-side
D-Day in Color: Reinforcements Secure the Beachhead 🇺🇸🇬🇧
The Normandy beachhead is now firmly in Allied hands as supply convoys, DUKWs, and fresh troops continue moving inland after the initial assault.
German prisoners are gathered under guard while Coast Guard rescue boats and hospital ships work offshore to recover survivors and evacuate the wounded.
A sweeping panoramic view reveals the massive scale of the secured beachhead, now packed with ships, vehicles, supply depots, and the wreckage left behind by the invasion.
The largest amphibious invasion in history was now firmly underway.
82 years ago today, paratroopers Tommy Lonergan & Johnny “Peepnuts” Hale of the 101st Airborne Division just before their combat jump into Normandy on D-Day. 🇺🇸
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on the colorization 🎨
We should all try to set a recurring reminder that what happened to our military wasn’t some changing of the political winds from one party to the next.
It was, by textbook definition, an attempted Marxist takeover of the institution.
The DEI, wokeness, lawfare, etc.
These are not simple character quirks from an election switching power over. I mean, they look like it on the surface. But they’re not.
We’ve desensitized ourselves to it. Which is exactly their plan. But it should never be perceived as normal.
Why do you think I come unglued like a vegan atheist college student from Berkeley at a church BBQ when I see it?
When I see the “leaders” divide us and the media try to shame us into supporting it, yes, I come unglued.
And you should too.
The whole reason why we’re in this mess is because we let them run roughshod without consequence for too long.
My fellow brothers and sisters: You all swore an oath. It is your duty to BECOME that consequence in the face of what aims to destroy you and your countrymen.
The U.S. military was the last redoubt the leftists needed to conquer to control our society.
They almost did it. Under Obama/Biden they turned the Pentagon into the Alamo. The DEI Marxists were swarming the walls, and a lot of them got inside the perimeter.
A LOT OF THEM.
But unlike the Alamo, this time reinforcements came in the nick of time.
The military was the last institution they needed to conquer to achieve total Marxist dominance over our entire nation.
THEY WERE SO CLOSE.
But then Pete Hegseth and his team came riding over the hill, defeated the attackers, and drove off the ones who got inside the walls.
The fact that they were so close to having it all, only to lose it all, is why we see so much wailing and gnashing of teeth today from the Pentagon “press.”
It’s glorious.
Check this out. Hoover Dam launches ‘Road To America 250’
This flag is the length of a football field and it will be on display every day through July 4th #RoadToAmerica250#HooverDam