What have you done today to honour the 75th anniversary of D-Day?

I wasn't a nazi.

I made it all about me.

So it's just another Thursday then, R2.

My boyfriend dressed up like France and I invaded him.

I had a Mai Tai.

What? It happened on the beach, didn’t it?

Sucked some soldier dick at the local glory hole.

What’s a D-Day?

I looked at some pictures and felt great humility. I ask myself if I could have done any of those brave things? Storm a beach knowing I would most likely die. Climb a fucking cliff with German machine guns aimed down at me? Dropped behind enemy lines to be a wire operator knowing I had a life expectancy of maybe three days?

Damn.

I salute them all. From here to eternity.

I watched “Saving Private Ryan “ and I must say Matt Damon is the weak link in that film.

Why was he chosen for that part?

I prayed Trump would go to prison .

What's D-day again?

R8 Great, and ditto!

Did it involve Dieppe?

In my Canadian history classes, everything related to WW2 involved Dieppe.

I reveled in the memory of that soldier I made out with on a West Village street during Fleet Week in NYC. So cute.

Da fuck is Dieppe?

Sorry -- I meant sailor, not soldier

I'm watching 'Shaving Ryan's Privates' and blowing my load in a tin of Spam.

I listened to the NBC radio coverage. Fascinating stuff.

I cut roses from the garden and brought them to the Senior Center in my town. I helped the ladies make vases, and had terrible cake and coffee with them.

My grandfather survived the 2nd wave on D Day.

R9 "Khakis accentuate Damon's womanly ass."

I listened to the bletchley park podcast of German enigma messages that they decoded in real time as the attack was taking place. They also broke in with allied newscasts from 1944..

I followed them on Twitter as they tweeted out the enigma messages in real time as if it were 1944. They started at 2358 on June 5 when the Armada massed and the minesweepers began clearing a path toward Normandy.

My flags were out all day and I am sleeping under the wool blanket my uncle was issued in 1942 when he enlisted in the army.

Oh, and I'm fucking a Marine later.

R19, kudos to your grandfather. They were amazing men. I hope he came back and enjoyed the rest of his life.

And good for your acts of kindness. You deserve a Marine

I caught the end of "The Longest Day" on TCM.

King George VI's D Day Speech

Four years ago, our Nation and Empire stood alone against an overwhelming enemy, with our backs to the wall. Tested as never before in our history, in G-d's providence we survived that test; the spirit of the people, resolute, dedicated, burned like a bright flame, lit surely from those unseen fires which nothing can quench.

Now once more a supreme test has to be faced. This time, the challenge is not to fight to survive but to fight to win the final victory for the good cause. Once again what is demanded from us all is something more than courage and endurance; we need a revival of spirit, a new unconquerable resolve. After nearly five years of toil and suffering, we must renew that crusading impulse on which we entered the war and met its darkest hour. We and our Allies are sure that our fight is against evil and for a world in which goodness and honour may be the foundation of the life of men in every land.

That we may be worthily matched with this new summons of destiny, I desire solemnly to call my people to prayer and dedication. We are not unmindful of our own shortcomings, past and present. We shall ask not that G-d may do our will, but that we may be enabled to do the will of G-d: and we dare to believe that G-d has used our Nation and Empire as an instrument for fulfilling his high purpose.

I hope that throughout the present crisis of the liberation of Europe there may be offered up earnest, continuous and widespread prayer. We who remain in this land can most effectively enter into the sufferings of subjugated Europe by prayer, whereby we can fortify the determination of our sailors, soldiers and airmen who go forth to set the captives free.

The Queen joins with me in sending you this message. She well understands the anxieties and cares of our womenfolk at this time and she knows that many of them will find, as she does herself, fresh strength and comfort in such waiting upon G-d. She feels that many women will be glad in this way to keep vigil with their menfolk as they man the ships, storm the beaches and fill the skies.

At this historic moment surely not one of us is too busy, too young or too old to play a part in a nationwide, perchance a worldwide, vigil of prayer as the great crusade sets forth. If from every place of worship, from home and factory, from men and women of all ages and many races and occupations, our intercessions rise, then, please G-d, both now and in a future not remote, the predictions of an ancient Psalm may be fulfilled: "The L-rd will give strength unto his people: the L-rd will give his people the blessing of peace."

You're dear, R23. I got me a Navy man instead. Love those seamen.

I sat on an anti-American aircraft weapon and smiled gleefully.

Attended a friend’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ironically, while men were dying on the beaches of Normandy, there were French people sunbathing on other beaches like it was just another day. Why fight for your country when you can have Americans do it for you.

[quote]Why fight for your country when you can have Americans do it for you.

The French have a long history of rapprochement with their conquerers, so, in this instance, don't see D-Day in quite the same way as the Brits or Yanks.

R30, that's not what they ere doing yesterday during D-Day. It's what they were doing on the actual day of the war.

R31 Understood. And my comment stands.

Watched a couple WWII movies made during the war, listened to NPR coverage, had dinner with friends.

Watched Trump behave himself with The Queen on Wednesday, then watched the commemorations in France on telly on Thursday.

We are grateful to America.

I "yanked" my D all day!

For you, R13. And for you, Dumbo R15.

Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865-1935) L'Avant Port de Dieppe

The after pictures aren't as pretty.

I hung a flag that said welcome sailors from my Chelsea apartment