Paul Bathgate

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@LanceMcAlister 100% this.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@LanceMcAlister I don't remember a tailspin this bad this early....or maybe all the losing just blends together at this point.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@LanceMcAlister

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@RpsAgainstTrump

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@Reds Where else you going go, am I right?

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

.@Reds embarrassing. #Reds

[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.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

Where else are you going to go….#Reds @Reds

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@brndxix

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@Soly_Reds @dotsonc Moustakas was him as well.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

I don't like being reminded on a regular basis how old I am.

[Monsters Of Rock® @MonstersOfRock]

On this day in 1988, Guns N’ Roses released “Sweet Child O’ Mine” as a single in the U.S.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

You know it's not a #foul when #NBA doesn't even show the replay. @NBA

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@SpinninBackfist @fredpdbeck

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@danawhite Dana - Memorial Day is for those who gave all. Please don't confuse it with Veterans day. It's every Veteran's pet peeve.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

something is wrong with Chimaev. #UFC328

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

Let's go Borz.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

@SpinninBackfist What a fight, good for Van but something tells me we will see Taira fight for a championship again.

[Paul Bathgate @pbathgate]

What a fight #UFC328