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Believe it or not, this was a picture that I started about three years ago but never finished it. I finally decided to finish it this time around. This was originally going to feature only Samson, but I thought it needed more characters. So I included a few of my friends.
Exactly 76 years ago, the world's most famous invasion was carried out during World War II. The Allied forces band together for a surprise invasion of the coast of Normandy, France, which was occupied by Nazi Germany. They invaded by the air and sea. Before the Germans could fight them off, the Allies were able to break through their barriers in a fierce and bloody battle that lasted almost all day. Many considered this the beginning of the end of the war, and it was. About 11 months later, the Germans surrendered and the war of Europe was over with the Allies receiving total victory.
May D-Day and all of the brave men who fought never be forgotten! God Bless them!
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Roger ©
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Kasey (blue) ©
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Kasey (orange) ©
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Samson & art ©
ejhusky
Exactly 76 years ago, the world's most famous invasion was carried out during World War II. The Allied forces band together for a surprise invasion of the coast of Normandy, France, which was occupied by Nazi Germany. They invaded by the air and sea. Before the Germans could fight them off, the Allies were able to break through their barriers in a fierce and bloody battle that lasted almost all day. Many considered this the beginning of the end of the war, and it was. About 11 months later, the Germans surrendered and the war of Europe was over with the Allies receiving total victory.
May D-Day and all of the brave men who fought never be forgotten! God Bless them!
Damon ©
codyvfrostRoger ©
metalexveemonKasey (blue) ©
mdtartist83Kasey (orange) ©
rickanovas Samson & art ©
ejhusky
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 600px
File Size 207.1 kB
My late step-grandpa got to experience the tail end of the war; the day he joined the Navy was the day before V-E Day. I don't think he had anything to do with defeating the Japanese, though; that was all in the atomic bombs we dropped on Japan not once, but twice.
My grandfather was Navy too, as were two of his sons, but I know next to nothing about their service, not even what ships they were on.
My earliest memories of my grandfather were of an old man who watched a lot of John Wayne and leaned on the trash can to smoke, with an epic temper that makes Ares look like a puppy, he never discussed his service, any stories of it probably died with him.
My earliest memories of my grandfather were of an old man who watched a lot of John Wayne and leaned on the trash can to smoke, with an epic temper that makes Ares look like a puppy, he never discussed his service, any stories of it probably died with him.
I don't remember what ship my grandpa was on either, but towards the end of his life when the Alzheimer's kicked in, all he could remember was WW2 (also due to watching John Wayne films), so he kept asking my brother if he's ever jumped out of a fighter plane, and me what I'm going to do when I get aboard the ship in question. The answers, of course, are no, and nothing because I have no military experience myself. But I'm grateful for them all.
My grandpa didn't really have any angry fits, but he did once claim Grandma was taking him hostage; all she was really doing was trying to get him in the car so she could take him to the hospital.
My grandpa didn't really have any angry fits, but he did once claim Grandma was taking him hostage; all she was really doing was trying to get him in the car so she could take him to the hospital.
I don't have any experience either in the military, a vehicle collision in 96 rendered my sister and I medically ineligible.
My grandfather never once showed any obvious signs of having PTSD, but in the last 8 years or so of his life as his smoking limited him to where oxygen tanks could go, he often stared off at nothing and he would kind of make this rocking motion with his left hand, as if he was in anticipation of something. When he wasn't mad about this or that, he was a nice guy, used to say these random nonsense phrases, more like a series of sounds than actual words. During the 4th of July he never seemed like he was trying to take cover from artillery rounds or anything, the few he came out to watch before just staying inside all the time.
While the ravages of his smoking made his last 10 years hell, he died peacefully, released from his ravaged body, buried with military honors in a Soldier's cemetery two or three hours away.
My grandfather never once showed any obvious signs of having PTSD, but in the last 8 years or so of his life as his smoking limited him to where oxygen tanks could go, he often stared off at nothing and he would kind of make this rocking motion with his left hand, as if he was in anticipation of something. When he wasn't mad about this or that, he was a nice guy, used to say these random nonsense phrases, more like a series of sounds than actual words. During the 4th of July he never seemed like he was trying to take cover from artillery rounds or anything, the few he came out to watch before just staying inside all the time.
While the ravages of his smoking made his last 10 years hell, he died peacefully, released from his ravaged body, buried with military honors in a Soldier's cemetery two or three hours away.
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