This is the most “The European mind can’t comprehend this” moment of my life. One of my friends said, “Punch me five times tomorrow and I’ll still think this isn’t real.”
Following the downing of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has said that the Apache was in fact shot down while patrolling over the strait. Additionally, President Trump vowed to retaliate for the attack, saying that a response is a “necessity.”
I have been critical of Pope and doubting his ability to make this work at Kentucky. Getting the top portal player and landing his first 10 ten high school recruit in the same week is a big step is the right direction. #bbn
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.
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⚾Matt Olson, @mattolson21! HR (17)
6/2/26 @ ATL, ⬇️ 6th
vs RHP Kevin Gausman
109.8 MPH / 49° / 355 ft to RF
Off a 82.5 MPH slider
▶️It's a home run in 14/30 parks.◀️