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Originally Posted by Bindair Dundat
"Thanked" you...but it just didn't feel sufficient.
I'm a military "brat", the son of a retired CWO.
I know Canada's war history inside and out; I contribute on a number of internet boards...
...the level of ignorance among many of the "young 'uns" (who pop up on those sites) is frankly...disheartening.
Thanks for your post, it made my day.
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Thanks Military history does come in handy, I went to a U.S. university and decided to take some elective history courses. We had a professor that waxed poetically about the D Day invasion and the greatness of the American effort (which I can't argue with), so I asked some probing questions about the Canadian hand in D-Day to which the professor said it was fairly minimal, of course no insult intended.
So I fired back with a "While the you yanks were still on the beach pooping your pants and trying to figure out how to push forward, the Canadian's on Juno beach had already pushed in land securing key bridge heads and road intersection and how to get the beer trucks out of the sand. Yes Mr Professor, the Canadians pushed further and faster then any on the allied units, but thanks for not understanding D-Day."