Seven extraordinary D-Day stories, in miniature
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Version 0 of 1. The Post's Emily Langer tweeted out a series of articles about extraordinary D-Day veterans on the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Here is a compilation of their stories. "I had seen men die before. I had seen men get wounded...But this was different." On #DDay, a #BandOfBrothers story. http://t.co/kXmYtJoNLU — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 "I had seen men die before. I had seen men get wounded...But this was different." On #DDay, a #BandOfBrothers story. http://t.co/kXmYtJoNLU — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 A life from #BandOfBrothers. Read to the end of the #DDay veteran's story: "Now I know why I am here." http://t.co/iqPbKUUrSM — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 A life from #BandOfBrothers. Read to the end of the #DDay veteran's story: "Now I know why I am here." http://t.co/iqPbKUUrSM — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014
"Three old women with brooms could keep the Rangers from climbing that cliff." This #DDay vet went up anyway. http://t.co/365G8LoK0p — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 "Three old women with brooms could keep the Rangers from climbing that cliff." This #DDay vet went up anyway. http://t.co/365G8LoK0p — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014
The life of Bill Millin, the "mad piper" whose bagpipes inspired and comforted his comrades in Normandy on #DDay. http://t.co/tZdJSUFH16 — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 The life of Bill Millin, the "mad piper" whose bagpipes inspired and comforted his comrades in Normandy on #DDay. http://t.co/tZdJSUFH16 — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014
"I didn't have time for fear," said this reporter who covered the #DDay invasion 70 years ago. http://t.co/uAY6LCTRGI — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 "I didn't have time for fear," said this reporter who covered the #DDay invasion 70 years ago. http://t.co/uAY6LCTRGI — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 The life of the last Medal of Honor recipient from #DDay. Not a day passed when he didn't think of his fallen brother http://t.co/ciqJ3C9zrP — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 The life of the last Medal of Honor recipient from #DDay. Not a day passed when he didn't think of his fallen brother http://t.co/ciqJ3C9zrP — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014
70 years ago, this #DDay veteran felt like a “naked morsel on a giant sandy platter.” http://t.co/3A7HJ5d9FU — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 70 years ago, this #DDay veteran felt like a “naked morsel on a giant sandy platter.” http://t.co/3A7HJ5d9FU — Post Obituaries (@postobits) June 6, 2014 |