Staton Rabin

Screenwriter & Simon & Schuster YA author. Adapt IP for producers. "The Girl From Krakow"/ Austin Film Fest Semifi. "Saving Mark Twain"/PAGE Award.

[Talkin' Yanks @TalkinYanks]

Derek Jeter gets an ovation at Madison Square Garden after his highlights play during Game 3 of the NBA Finals

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

D-Day commemoration, Omaha Beach, June 6 2024

Zelensky arrived, the crowd applauded. And then this happened:

🇺🇸 veteran: You’re a saviour of the people

Zelensky: No, no, you saved Europe

🇺🇸 veteran: My hero

Zelensky: No, you are our hero

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

General Omar Bradley called it the most dangerous mission of D-Day. He was not wrong.

At 6:30am on June 6, 1944, 225 Army Rangers approached a 100-foot sheer cliff face on the Normandy coast called Pointe du Hoc.

Their mission: climb it.

The cliff was vertical. The Germans were at the top with full visibility of everyone below. As the Rangers fired grappling hooks upward, the Germans cut the ropes. Shot the men hanging on them. Dropped grenades over the edge onto the climbers beneath.

The Rangers kept climbing.

It took roughly 40 minutes. Men fell. Men were shot off the ropes. The ones behind them grabbed the ropes and kept going.

They reached the top.

Then came the gut punch: the massive 155mm artillery guns they had been sent to destroy were gone. The Germans had moved them inland before the invasion. The entire mission had been sent to destroy guns that weren't there.

Most commanders would have regrouped and called it done.

The Rangers fanned out. Two miles inland, they found the guns, hidden in an orchard, already aimed at Utah Beach and loaded to fire. They destroyed every one with thermite grenades.

Then they dug in. Cut off, with almost no ammunition, no reinforcements, and no resupply, 225 men held Pointe du Hoc against relentless German counterattacks for two full days.

When relief finally arrived, only 90 Rangers could still stand and fight.

Their names are carved on a memorial in Normandy. Most Americans today cannot name a single one.

[Dovi Safier @safier]

“It was one of the most monumentally unselfish things one group of people did for another.”

-#DDay veteran Andy Rooney on the young 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy 82 years ago.

Required watching for every young person today!

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

82 years ago today, nearly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, launching the liberation of Europe.

We are free because they were brave. 🇺🇸

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

BBC Radio newsreader John Snagge gives the first news of the D-Day landing at 9:32 AM to the British public.

[CC Sabathia @CC_Sabathia]

We’re gonna learn a lot about this Yankees team in the next month. I got full faith 🙌🏾

[CC Sabathia @CC_Sabathia]

Damn not Judge 🥲🙏🏾

[Rock Photography @Photomusicrock]

Ringo Starr performed in Prescott, AZ. The Beatle is turning 86 years old next month.

[🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 @Ducnghia16]

No auto tuners, no computer generated anything. Just raw, clean musicianship and beautiful harmonies. Thanks John and Cass. Well done.

John Denver & Cass Elliot Leaving On A Jet Plane

[Staton Rabin @StatonRabin]

@MrSkeptic12 @Ducnghia16 Yes, glad you pointed out that he wrote the song, or I would have:-)

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

The one and only Elvis...no one can ever express charm and grace in their music like he could.... greatly Missed 😢

[MLB @MLB]

Today, we play for No. 4.

Today, we play for the cure. #LouGehrigDay

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

“I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for.” - Lou Gehrig

Today we honor the life and legacy of The Iron Horse as we continue the fight against ALS. #LouGehrigDay

To donate and learn more, visit https://t.co/geXPo7bMaN

[Staton Rabin @StatonRabin]

@roryvan_1 @55SweetThing Yes. On the 1926 London studio recording of "The Half of It Dearie Blues" from LBG, you can hear G. Gershwin (28) and 27-year-old Astaire talking. Fred says: "How's that, George?" and Gershwin replies: "That's fine, Freddie! Keep going!" (or "Do it again!"). George on piano.

[sᥕᥱᥱ𝗍 𝗍һіᥒg❤️‍🔥(𝙰𝚜𝚒𝚊) @55SweetThing]

Rare footage of legendary George Gershwin performing a piano solo of his iconic hit, “I Got Rhythm” filmed during a Manhattan theater opening 🎹(1931)

[Staton Rabin @StatonRabin]

@InspGadgetBlogs Laura.

[PAGE Awards @PAGEawards]

6. Your contribution means a lot to our contest and to the wider literary community.
Wishing each of you the very best of luck!
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[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

Today we remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Their courage, honor, and selflessness must never be forgotten. We owe them more than words, we owe them our gratitude, our respect, and a promise to never take their sacrifice for granted. I was, and still am, deeply anti-war. But you can hate war and still love the veteran. Never disrespect a veteran. EVER! They were taken from their homes and forced to do an unimaginable job.

When I was asked to perform for the troops in Viet Nam, I was scared, terrified, but I knew it was something I had to do. It was the least I could offer to those risking their lives in a war they hadn’t asked to fight. I remember the faces of the many brave souls in the audiences, and those of the sick and wounded I visited in the hospitals, and I often wonder how many of them made it home.

Toward the end of my time at Reprise Records, anti-war and protest songs were taking over. The label tried to push me in that direction, but I wasn’t prepared. The sights, the sounds, the smells of Viet Nam were still fresh. They still are. So many things I witnessed that I can’t even talk about to this day.

Mac Davis presented “Home” to me, which he had written with Larry Collins and it was just as powerful as songs like “Eve of Destruction,” but Reprise Records relegated it to the B-side of “Drummer Man.” It remains one of the most meaningful songs I’ve ever recorded.

“Oh, God, I hope they make it home.”

This Memorial Day, let us pause not only to enjoy the day, but to reflect on the cost of the freedoms we so often take for granted.

Remember them. Honor them. Never forget. 😢💙🇺🇸

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

A Walk-Off to Remember 🫡

#ALLRISE