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D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944
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<blockquote data-quote="762x51" data-source="post: 2214423" data-attributes="member: 94220"><p>6/6/44 was my grandpas 26th b-day. he spent it aboard a ship in the channel (thankfully otherwise i may not be here). he was drafted in 42 for the specific purpose of invading the mainland, though they didnt know it at the time. he went ashore on 6/8/44 and fought in the hedgerows. in mid july he got hit in the left forearm and while retreating behind a sherman, the tank was hit and he took shrapnel in his neck. a captured german doctor in england was able to save his arm. the US docs wanted to amputate it. he only had about 80% use the rest of his life, but he was able to keep it. after recovering, he was sent to CA to start getting ready to invade japan. thankfully, they surrendered before that happened. i never talked to him much about it and all he offered was talking about how brutal his training was. sadly he passed in 2007.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="762x51, post: 2214423, member: 94220"] 6/6/44 was my grandpas 26th b-day. he spent it aboard a ship in the channel (thankfully otherwise i may not be here). he was drafted in 42 for the specific purpose of invading the mainland, though they didnt know it at the time. he went ashore on 6/8/44 and fought in the hedgerows. in mid july he got hit in the left forearm and while retreating behind a sherman, the tank was hit and he took shrapnel in his neck. a captured german doctor in england was able to save his arm. the US docs wanted to amputate it. he only had about 80% use the rest of his life, but he was able to keep it. after recovering, he was sent to CA to start getting ready to invade japan. thankfully, they surrendered before that happened. i never talked to him much about it and all he offered was talking about how brutal his training was. sadly he passed in 2007. [/QUOTE]
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