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[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.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer will announce a social media ban for under-16s in the UK in the next two weeks

[Piccolo Damayonnaiz @PiccoDamayonaiz]

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@JessMUFCx Saka?

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@utdjohnyy Where’s Robson, Best, Irwin & Charlton 😂

[Premier League @premierleague]

In a league of his own.

Bruno Fernandes breaks the record for the most assists in a Premier League season!

[Curiosidades Europa @CuriosidadesEU]

Lionel Messi na carreira:

👕 1153 jogos
🔥 1321 participações em gols
⚽️ 910 gols
🅰️ 411 assistências
🏆 48 títulos
🏆 8 Bolas de Ouro
🏆 8 Melhor do Mundo da FIFA
🏆 6 Chuteiras de Ouro
��️ 35 gols em finais
🔥 71 gols de falta
🎩 61 hat-tricks

✔️ Maior vencedor da história do futebol
✔️ Jogador com mais Bolas de Ouro
✔️ Jogador com mais participações em gols na história
✔️ Jogador com mais Chuteiras de Ouro
✔️ Jogador com mais gols em finais na história

✔️ Melhor jogador da história do futebol. 🐐

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@ChinoUTD Get him you win the league simple as that.

These comments saying they wouldn’t have him, they’d rather have sesko up top than Mbappe 😂 honestly

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@premierleague @ManUtd 15 MILLION views on this post lol no one is even close to the sheer size of United are they 😅

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@F1 wet tyres?

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@footballontnt That’s ridiculous

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@IshiSenpai_ @GBUnitedx Spot on

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

✅ Casemiro - 9 Premier League Goals

❌ Saka & Odegaard - 7 Premier League Goals

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@UtdMaI Arsenal fans are easily worse than city fans

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@LickshotLippy @shaunypizzle I watched it in year 7 in the assembly hall on the screen. When England loads a load of us left school then got caught later lol

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Happy new year 😉

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@England Absolutely disgusting pricing. Completely out of touch with reality

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@BillyCove10 😂

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Wrexham will be playing premier league football next season ✅

[Joey👽 @FCBJoeyy]

Can you Imagine training relentlessly like a madman for 25 years, and getting called lazy just because you don’t post on social media?