We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. But you are unlikely to thank the Russians. Such is the power of propaganda. You are brainwashed into thinking that those who landed on Normandy were brave etc. They were just lucky that the Russians were saving them.
Your phrasing of D-Day was...interesting. Since you carefully emphasized and prioritized British involvement, should everyone else (especially Americans & Canadians) thank🫡you for including us in World War 2? 🤔 No.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. But you are unlikely to thank the Russians. Such is the power of propaganda. You are brainwashed into thinking that those who landed on Normandy were brave etc. They were just lucky that the Russians were saving them.
Last year I had cardiac arrest and it took 15 minutes of CPR to get my heart started, they told my wife and daughter I would probably not survive, and if I did I'd be severely brain damaged, after 10 days in a coma I woke up and they asked me what the date was, well there was the date written on the info board in my room, it said 6 June, I saw that and answered D-Day, they all thought I was indeed suffering brain damage until one of the nurses said "omg, he's correct" it seems of the 7 people in my room, only her, and I knew the date and what it means.
Yup. My great grandfather bravely fought with the US 4th Infantry Division, landing at Utah Beach. He was there all the way through the end of the war, and then was transferred to the 25th and going into Korea. Wish I knew him. Those men made sacrifices that are untold and we are eternally grateful. God bless you, boys
Those men and their loved ones had so many rights curtailed (govt read their mail, rationed fuel and food, etc.) Nowadays people can't handle wearing a mask, staying 6 ft apart and getting a shot.
My grandfather, I Co. 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division. Before that ,with the 1 st Infantry Division where he received a combat field commission, either in North Africa or Sicily/Italy . He was a sergeant before he went overseas and a lieutenant before landing in Normandy. The 8 Infantry Regiment didn't see action until Normandy, but apparently, they had experienced guys folded in from other units, like my grandfather.
As an Army ROTC cadet at the University of Arizona over 40 years ago, I was part of a select group mentored by a retired general named Smith. On D-Day, he was Captain Smith. He told us that his landing craft hit the beach right alongside another. The other landing craft's ramp fell immediately, and a German machine gun killed everyone inside. Smith's ramp got hung up, and the bullets ricocheted harmlessly off. As the machine gun crew turned their aim elsewhere, the ramp fell and they were out. Wow.
When I went into the Army 40 some years ago, I asked my father what his best advice was to stay safe. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor at age 18 and survived his destroyer being sunk off of Okinawa, all giving him two Purple Hearts. He just said, “Son, it’s all fate. You can be in the right place at the wrong time, the wrong place at the right time, the wrong place at the wrong time, or the right place at the right time. No use dwelling on what could happen. Just do your job.” Years later I did two combat tours in Iraq, and despite IEDs, mortars and snipers, I just prayed for the best, and in the end, was always in the “right place at the right time.”
And that was with a pretty successful Allied deception operation to draw German forces away from Normandy. Can you even imagine how much worse it could have been?
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
@@joeschmoe21: You forget the Soviets would not have been able to survive at all without the Lend Lease supplies given to them by those you so easily disparage. Respect is due to ALL the Allies who fought and served in whatever capacity in this brutal war. We owe them a debt of gratitude we can never repay.
Fully agreed, cheers & our greatest honor & deep, deep love & gratitude for the many, many selfless sacrifices of our greatest generation and their service, not only to our countries, but the entire world
@@joeschmoe21 The Russian's didn't go after the Germans, just so they were "busy" as a distraction. Like the rest of the countries involved they were fighting to protect themselves.
My father was US Navy during WWII. When he died in 1999, our family found that the funeral service he had paid for turned out to be scam. We looked around for some way to honour him. My father's first assignment in WWII was detached duty to a Liberty Ship in the North Atlantic Convoy. I tentatively contacted the folks at the Jeremiah O'Brien. They said, "He was a Liberty man? We'll take care of him." They didn't ask for many money, only the chance to take photos and video of the ceremony, as well as information about his service record. I still honour the people who work on that ship.
My grandfather served in the US Navy. He fought in Okinawa and came back to the States with a Arisaka type 99. I wish I could have spent more time with him. He died in the year 2000 They called these soldiers "the Greatest generation" and rightly so!
How sad for your family and father about the funeral matter. But thank you for his service. He did have redemption in the matter. Goodfor him and your family...RIP.
We stand on the edge of living history with this D-Day anniversary ! Soon and rather sadly so these ships and planes will be our connection to WW2 as the men and women who lived and fought through it will be gone. More now than ever it is our duty to them to hear their stories and keep telling them. Well done to Mark Felton for doing this service.
It makes me wonder what will happen to all these historic artifacts when everyone who ever had a connection to WW2 and all of those who knew those people are no longer with us.....
@@tacticalmattfoley The answer is they'll be a tangible connection to the accounts of those who were there and those who knew them. Even once the veterans are tragically gone, their lessons will still be vital. Freedom must be protected, tyranny will be beaten when we are united, and that we must do our utmost to prevent such sacrifice from being required once more as
For those not familiar, in the footage showing USS Texas under tow for the latest dry dock work, those bright green boxes are electric generators placed on board to provide power to run bilge pumps etc. while under tow
Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian ships with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors. Some of the participating units: Air Force 331 Squadron 332 Squadron Navy HNoMS Stord S-class destroyer HNoMS Svenner S-class destroyer HNoMS Glaisdale Hunt-class destroyer HNoMS Andenes Flower-class corvette HNoMS Eglantine Flower-class corvette HNoMS Rose Flower-class corvette HNoMS Nordkapp fishery protection vessel Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573
Sadly, HNoMS Svenner was sunk, and 33 of her crew were killed. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace. Haec est vera fraternitas, quae numquam potuit violari certamine (In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace. This is the true brotherhood, which the shock of battle could not break.)
My Grandfather was Royal Navy, dropping commandos into Norway. Every voyage they returned with so many Norwegian volunteers they had to turn some away. He also said that Brits could walk down any street in Norway and noone would report them.
@@christianZaal On that note; In the aftermath of Operation Claymore, a raid on the Lofoten Islands, the Commandos and the Royal Navy brought back 228 German prisoners and 314 Norwegian volunteers. And it's worth remembering that the Germans ended up deploying 370,000 men to Norway; the equivalent of about 20 infantry divisions that weren't available on D-Day.
My granddad landed in one of the first waves on D-Day and fought all the way through to Germany. Never met him since he died before my birth but my dad always said he had bad feet from a winter in the Ardennes. As a Jew fighting the Nazis I couldn’t even imagine what he experienced, but from sources like this video I can gain a little bit more insight. Thank you for this video and every other one, each is an invaluable opportunity for both knowledge and remembrance. May the experiences and sacrifices of our forefathers never be forgotten.🙏
I recall coverage of the 1984 40th anniversary. A bunch of veteran paratroopers did a reenactment drop over the area. They would have been around 60 +/- a couple of years at the time....
@@thelastroman7791it's unlikely, but not impossible. Harry Patch died in 2009, the last man to have served in the trenches. There were a few other ww1 veterans from different branches alive until 2011, like Claude Choules who served in the navy.
There is a jump scheduled for tomorrow with current members of the 82nd participating. The 101st has changed to an Air Assault unit and no longer does Mass Tactical jumps.
Prior to his passing aged 91 in 2016, although I knew he served in the Royal Navy during WW2, but I never realised until afterwards that my grandfather served on HMS Chelmer, a River Class Frigate, during the D-Day landings. He had a picture of the ship proudly hung up on the wall of his flat that he lived in for most of the rest of his life
FIVE neutral European countries - Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland - were not 'liberated'. FIVE Axis countries - Germany (inc. Austria), Italy (for most of the war), Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - were defeated, not liberated. Most of eastern Europe; Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) fell under Soviet control (having been independent sovereign nations before) - so, again, hardly 'liberated'. Countries in the former Republic of Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo etc) as well as 'Greater Europe' - Belarus and Ukraine - had previously been under Soviet control and reverted to rule by Moscow after the end of WW2 - so not liberated, except by the Red Army. The UK PREVENTED a Communist takeover in Greece as did the US in the case of Axis Austria, so again, not really 'liberated'. Of western Europe, France was largely liberated by US and French forces, Luxembourg was liberated by US troops. Belgium and Holland, were liberated largely by British and Canadian troops - who also liberated Denmark (and prevented a USSR seizure by a matter of hours). Norway was occupied by friendly British troops but only after the surrender of German forces there. The capture of Paris (and hence the 'liberation' of France) was very exciting and extremely well covered by the Press corps which being mainly American, emphasised the importance of America and played down the role of de Gaul's Free French military. The liberation of another five pretty small European countries never fired any Allied imagination. So, six countries dominated by France, with the rest of Europe either fallen under the shadow of Communist enslavement and with five others staying clear of the war. I call that 'liberating some European countries' not 'liberating Europe'.
@@jonholland6067 What alternative? That some countries in Europe were NOT liberated? Certainly that was better than NO countries liberated. But don't call D-Day the 'liberation of Europe'. It simply was not.
I’m currently in Normandy for the 80th anniversary and there’s a tug moored up opposite my campsite on the orne canal,just up from Pegasus bridge, that’s called Challenge. She was present at the evacuation of Dunkirk helping out and also tugged across parts of the mulberry harbours for d day. Such a privilege to see an old ship that’s been restored to seaworthiness and now a living museum.
I met and spent time with a man that ran up those beaches, and finally got him to talk some about it, it was incredible. God bless you Walt, and thanks to the real Men who kept our Liberty and Freedom through blood and guts.
I read this week that there are only 9,500 veterans from WWII left alive as of June 6 2024. Two generations I will have seen pass in my lifetime. And a few from the Boer War too! Makes one think eh?
I worked on the former LST 510 a few years back and have driven it countless times. The captains and engineers had some stories that may or may not be true. One of the stories is that 510 was returning from France and a torpedo was launched towards it by a plane or boat. Due to the bow being so light and so high up in the water the torpedo went under the hull. I have also heard that when the engineers replaced some of her hull plates they found fragments of shrapnel. Regardless, a framed picture of her original crew hangs in the wheelhouse. At over 80 years old there are no plans for LST 510 to be retired. The company that owns it also owns a shipyard that can drydock her in a matter of hours. She is in good hands.
I am personally glad to know that there are other people keeping the history, and the memories of all those involved, alive today. Cheers from across the pond. 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦
Mark - correction for your video. LST 325 is fully operational and regularly goes on tour around the United States. Ive had the pleasure of touring LST 325 when she was stopped in Alabama a few years ago. She's a beautifully preserved ship (fully operational) with an awesome crew of people who look after her.
The Jeremiah O'Brien is amazing. I visited earlier this year, around Christmas. The company that runs the ship is all volunteer and many of them keep their accoutremants and a few personal effects needed to go to sea in the cabins of the ship. It still runs, and the whole thing is so immaculately preserved, although I may not have been meant to do this, I was able to sit in and fully traverse one of the medium anti-air cannons. Up, down, right, left, but for a few key parts of the firing mechanism, the whole gun was still perfectly operational as easily and smoothly as it was when it rolled off the blocks in Maine (I believe) in 1943. Those of you who've had the opportunity to climb around other museum ships know that is an incredible feat for a ship that was never meant to survive anywhere past the end of the war, and has been exposed to the elements for the whole time since.
I've been on board as well, in 2005. Can't remember if the D-Day service was noted at the time, but I assume there would have been some mention of it. I was more interested in the USS Pampanito moored there as well, due to its rescue of 73 Allied PoWs from a torpedoed Japanese "hell ship".
I was aboard for her Veteran's cruise earlier this year, 2024. We'll worth the time and effort to travel to see her. The crew of voulenteers is great, and to be below in the engine room while she's cruising is a must.
My grandfather in-law served on the SS Jeremiah O'Brien and took part in the anniversary sail to England and France. Thanks for including the liberty ships in your video, it was vital work and often goes unappreciated. Logistics wins wars.
Dr. Felton, you are a living treasure. You bring home to us stories of the men, women and wartime material with such immediacy that all it almost seems like recent memory. God bless all those who saved the world from the Nazi horror and God bless Mark Felton for not letting us forget.
Is there a better documentary channel on UA-cam than this? Thank you Dr Felton, you have paid a great tribute to those Naval forces who assisted in the landings in Normandy which will be viewable here forever.
Hi Dr Felton. I'm a disabled US Army Veteran and my family and I live in Sacramento California. We have visited the Jeremiah O'Brien on Fisherman's Warf in San Francisco along with the WWII submarine and other military warships on display. I never realized just how cramped the WWII submarines and warships actually were-I'm 6'4" and learned pretty quickly to duck my head going through the compartment doors! Thanks for expanding my information on the different ships that took part in the D-day landings. They have been forgotten over time but it is still great to hear that there are several of these "Old War Horses" still around and being treated well after all these years!!
Yep. And the same time as you duck your head you have to lift up one foot then the other or you'll trip over the deck (floor) mounted compartment sealers. 🤕
🇨🇦🇨🇦 As a Canadian I’m so proud of what our troops did on Juno Beach and our navy that protected the soldiers landing on Omaha Beach. Our smaller army of about 24,000 (hopefully I’m correct in my numbers) and our small navy of 80 helping to defeat the enemy. So proud. 🇨🇦🇨🇦
You can also be proud of your navy's performance at Inchon a few years later. As an American, I find it sad that documentaries really don't mention the significant role that Canadian and British warships had in assisting our naval forces at that landing and valiantly fighting the North Koreans (one British cruiser, HMS Jamaica, was VICIOUSLY attacked by Commie aircraft from what I've read). Add in the magnificent courage that Canuck and Aussie soldiers displayed at Kapyong (against a Chinese division more than EIGHT TIMES their combined size) plus the Brits' spectacular performances from Pusan to Imjin, and the Korean War truly was a team effort!
I've had the privilege of seeing four of these as surviving museum vessels here in the US. Armed with this new knowledge I'll seek out a few more. Thank you Dr. Felton for another excellent video.
As a Texan, one of my first thoughts is always about the (at the time) 32 year old, 27,000 ton counter sniper sitting off shore doing a gangster lean to get a bit of extra range. Your video led me down a rabbit hole of where the Texas was in her restoration process. It ended with me being the owner of 1911 grips made from a piece of her deck planks and a piece with the builders mark on it.
Visit the beach if you get the chance. The German gun emplacements are impregnable from the front. They had to get ships in close enough to get the angle on them - risky move
But he is unlikely to tell the truth. Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. Will he mention this fact? Nope.
When I was at Fort Knox, Kentucky I saw a building constructed in the shape of an LST with the hinged front doors like the actual ship. It was built during WW2 and used to train tanker crews in loading and off loading from an LST. After the war it was used as a classroom and later restored to it's wartime configuration. There is a historical marker explaining the history right next to it.
One of my Mom's many uncles served aboard the Battleship Texas. When it was first put on display, moored at The San Jacinto Battleground, that uncle gave my Mom's family (my grandparents, my Mom, and my uncle) a guided tour of his battle station, his duty station, and where he lived and slept, even remembering to point out the GD-blankety-blank brass fittings that it was his duty to shine up every GD day! LOL! (He hated shining those brass fittings!) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My grandfather was a master sergeant, and he landed at Normandy and went on to fight at the Battle of the Bulge. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for bringing history to life in a factual and respectful way which honors all soldiers who took part in “the longest day”. I am here because my grandfather survived! Thank you!
I highly recommend folks look up various UA-cam channels (Drachinfel being #1) to see her in dry dock and now - how great she looks in those drone over flights!
I love that these old ships are being preserved. I'm admittedly partial to the USS Texas, being Texan myself. I love her story and visited many times over my 40 years. I'm so happy that she is getting much needed repairs.
Thank you for the meticulous research and presentation. Much appreciated. As a police officer I volunteer to occasionally write policing history stories or answer replies for family history which are submitted. A few years ago I interviewed the father of a work mate who was a retired senior police officer and at that time recently awarded the Legion d'honneur. Chief Superintendent (retired) Denis Silverwood QPM was an immensely interesting man (and as a true gentleman was wearing a cravat while talking to me :) ) He joined the Royal Navy at 17 and was trained at the former Butlins Holiday camp at Skegness. It's amazing what an RN Ensign and some paint can turn an establishment into! D Day saw him on board a converted North Sea trawler along with some very hard north sea fishermen now trawling for mines. He told me they were hard men but looked after him and showed him how to be a sailor. Despite their leading the invasion fleet and risking everything in a small wooden ship they considered their lot much safer than those of the troops leading the charge ashore.
D-Day ... My Father's birthday was June 6th 1943. I was able to go and be on the beaches of Normandy on June 6th 2011. Standing on Omaha beach, I was in awe of looking up at the bluffs and the remaining German gun emplacements and thought it was a miracle that men could get off that beach alive and press inland. Sir Winston Churchill said it best. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Just as appropriate for D-Day as it was appropriate for the Battle of Briton.
This is amazing! My grandfather served in the Navy during D-Day on the USS McCook. It's great to know he contributed to this historic moment. P.S. Not sure how true this is, but my family says that his ship was the ship that destroyed the last German pillbox.
Another great video, as always! The recent repairs to the USS Texas were documented in great detail online, for anyone interested in this work. I learned a great deal about the ship and battleships in general from following along with the renovation. The USS Laffey is moored at Patriot’s Point Park in Charleston, SC and is worth seeing for anyone in the area. The amount of military history in the immediate area is astounding. Not only is Laffey moored with the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier with numerous planes and exhibits), but there is a large Vietnam exhibit on site as well. Just across the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston holds the battery, from which the Secessionists fired the first shots of the Civil War. In the harbor is Fort Sumter, which was the recipient of that fire. Charleston also has a museum with the CSS H.L. Hunley, the ill-fated confederate submarine that was raised from the mud of the harbor in 2000 and is being conserved. Visiting these old ships is great fun and educational.
Actually NOT so few...millions and millions of soldiers (men and women) lost their lives. Yes, we owe them respect and the elusive peace that the gave their lives for (not to forget the wounded whose lives often were altered forever).
I'm so incredibly thankful to the brave souls who have fought/fight for us. I'm always in awe hearing these stories. And I LOVE going through the comments and reading personal accounts as well ❤
Hi Mark i am sure Simon and Gemma who are restoring Sarinda on the Ship happens channel on youtube are grateful for the mention but they are restoring her to the motor yacht Sarinda not the HDMI CHECK OUT their WORK ITS AMAZING
Mr Felton Thank you for your always informative and interesting videos. Thank you also for including the service of Canadians on D Day. Regards Jennifer and Duncan from Canada
That was SUPER! I have been on 4 of these ships. Thanks for doing this project. We owe so much to the Navy, all the Navys, and the Merchant Marine, and all the others on ships with just numbers who took part and sacrificed their lives for success on June 6, 1944. Getting 'everything ' across the Channel for weeks on end. I worked with a very kind Brit at Air Canada in Aircraft Maintenance He was on one of those Minesweeper ships on June 5, 1944. Harrowing job indeed, right out front all alone they were. But they just took it in stride as their job in the whole affair. Very humble indeed. Brave quiet men doing 'their bit ' in ensuring Victory in Europe. We really will never see their like again.
Thank You Dr. Felton for presenting this video. My son was born on D-Day 1995, and has always known what happened on this date. There are very few left of this Greatest Generation that fought for our Anglo-Saxon peoples and principles. We are all part and parcel of the UK, be we in Canada, Australia, New Zealand or USA and this is a important part of us Descendants of English origin.
9:32 That's BB-33 Arkansas. The sixth turret marks her as a member of the singular Wyoming class - we didn't field any other classes with so many - and by D-day her only sister, the class namesake Wyoming, had long since been extremely busy as an AA gunnery training ship.
In the early 1970's my Father brought home a small brass bell inscribed USS ARKANSAS 1912 We had it for years in New Jersey. Rang in New Years Eve with it one year.l One day it vanished...stolen !
@@joelonzello4189 Naval bells are almost always made of bronze, and that's why it was stolen. Price of that went pretty high for a while in the latter 20 years of last century.
My husband’s uncle was in D-Day3. My dad was in the Aleutian Islands, one brother was in Iceland and the other in Italy. I am so proud of my families service and miss them all dearly. When I think of how young the men were I am I awe. My dad would be 101 this year, he enlisted on Dec 8 1941 and left in January. He was barely 18. I am worried than in another conflict, our 18 year olds would be wondering which loo to use. God bless and thank you Dr Felton.
The swimming 'Duplex Drive' Sherman tanks at OMAHA sank (all but one), which is a primary reason this beach was such a bloody battle. Many DD's on the remaining beaches made it successfully ashore and provided crucial infantry support.
My sons was playing a call of duty game on the xbox. The Texas is a multiplayer map on the game. It's their favorite map. I was telling them some of its history, then they ask what happened to it? If the nazis or Japanese sunk it it battle.... 😮😮😮 I replied no it wasnt sunk.... Well dad, where is it at then? I said its parked at its home, which is about a 20 mins drive...do yall what to go see it? Probably one if the most incredible things they have ever seen. They was in awe. That was the last week it was open to the public before they took it to Galveston for repairs. I do believe its staying in Galveston. Tbh i was always in awe of that ship also. Would hate to be on the business end of any battleship. 😂
I saw the total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 at Evansville, Indiana, and so did LST-325! When you got to the part about LSTs, I looked up that ship, as I believed what I saw was an LST. And sure enough, you mentioned it soon after! 80 years after surviving D-Day, the moon blotted out the sun in the sky over that ship.
Great video. A couple of ships you missed, though. The Royal Canadian Navy Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida and the Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica were both part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of the screening force that prevented German naval attacks (like the attempted S-boat attack described in the video). Destroyers screened both flanks of the invasion fleet, with 10th DF being on the Western flank, where they were involved in the Battle of Ushant, which was an attempt by German destroyers to attack the landing beaches. This was beaten off with Haida and her sister ship Huron driving the German destroyer Z32 ashore with heavy damage. Both Haida and Błyskawica have been preserved in their home countries as museum ships.
Thank you so much. My Uncle Lawrence took the Queen Mary to Britain while she was a troop ship. He returned on an LST to New York. He said there was quite a disparity in both speed and comfort.
This is an awesome presentation as usual. I hope that Lightship 73 will be restored to her service standard of excellence. May ours and future generations preserve our way of life given to us by these brave men.
The HMCS Haida, a museum ship in Hamilton Ontario, also participated in the D-Day events, providing coverage for the other ships. It’s a very interesting ship to visit and it has a very interesting history as well. I was sorry it wasn’t included in this video.
Thank you Dr. Felton, for illustrating the brave men and women who gave their best to make D-Day happen. Without their contributions it would never have happened as it did.
Official Canadian D-Day Website Quote " The Royal Canadian Navy was extremely active before and during the first day of Operation Overlord." I guess mentioning the RCN ships would have made the video to long? So to help here is the official listing of RCN ships that took action in the Normandy Invasion "The following RCN vessels took part in the invasion of Normandy: Tribal class destroyer HMCS Haida HMCS Huron V class destroyer HMCS Algonquin HMCS Sioux River class destroyer (British) HMCS Gatineau HMCS Kootenay HMCS Qu’Appelle HMCS Ottawa (II) HMCS Chaudière HMCS Restigouche HMCS Skeena HMCS St. Laurent Mackenzie Class Destroyer Escort HMCS Saskatchewan River class frigate HMCS Meon HMCS Teme River class frigate (1942-1943 program) HMCS Cape Breton HMCS Grou HMCS Matane HMCS Outremont HMCS Port Colberne HMCS Saint John HMCS Swansea HMCS Waskesiu Flower class corvette (1939-1940) HMCS Alberni HMCS Baddeck HMCS Camrose HMCS Drumheller HMCS Louisburg (II) HMCS Lunenburg HMCS Mayflower HMCS Moose Jaw HMCS Summerside HMCS Prescott Revised Flower class corvette HMCS Mimico Revised Flower class corvette (1940-1941 program) HMCS Calgary HMCS Kitchener HMCS Port Arthur HMCS Regina HMCS Woodstock Revised Flower class corvette (1942-1943 program) HMCS Lindsay Troop landing ship HMCS Prince David HMCS Prince Henry Bangor class minesweeper HMCS Bayfield HMCS Guysborough Bangor class minesweeper (1940-1941 regular program) HMCS Vegreville Bangor class minesweeper (1941-1942 program) HMCS Kenora HMCS Mulgrave 29th Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Flotilla MTBs 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465 and 466 65th Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Flotilla MTBs 726, 727, 735, 736, 743, 744, 745, 747, 748 260th Landing Craft Infantry (Large) Flotilla LCI(L)s 117, 121, 166, 177, 249, 266, 271, 277, 285, 298 and 301 262nd Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) Flotilla LCI(L)s 115, 118, 125, 135, 250, 252, 262, 263, 270, 276, 299 and 306 264th Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) Flotilla LCI(L)s 255, 288, 295, 302, 305, 310 and 311 528th Landing Craft, Assault (LCA) Flotilla LCAs 736, 850, 856, 925, 1021, 1033, 1371 and 1372 529th Landing Craft, Assault (LCA) Flotilla LCAs 1957, 1059, 1137, 1138, 1150, 1151, 1374 and 1375 "
HMCS Haida is a museum ship looked after by Parks Canada, its docked in Hamilton, ON. Its well looked after, really interesting and affordable to tour it. Definitely recommend anyone check it out.
Nothing but utmost respect for all those brave souls who fought valiantly and honorably, and gave up their lives for something greater than themselves.
HMCS Haida? A Canadian destroyer. Still afloat. A Canadian War Memorial in Hamilton Ontario Canada. My Uncle, John Francis Lipton earned a DSM while serving as a sonar-man on HMCS Haida.
Its funny that two US tugs were mentioned but not one of the 80 ships of the RCN. From the official website " The Royal Canadian Navy was extremely active before and during the first day of Operation Overlord."
I simply cannot understand, how you find the time to conduct all the research required by these videos. Not to mention writing, performing and editing everything. Thank you for improving our understanding on so many subjects!
I'm so glad HM ML1392 got a mention, the vessel is now known as Sarinda and I'm subscribed to the UA-cam channel of the couple restoring it and it's incredible the amount of time, money and sheer dedication they're putting into it, it's a massive job.
My 96 year old neighbor Jerrys family emigrated from Russia after the revolution. Jerry and his two brothers joined the US Army. He told me his dad was so proud and let people know his sons were in the service. Jerrys brother was a combat engineer and was at Normandy. ❤ to all the vets and their families.
No mention of the RCN! I believe 10,000 Canadian sailors took part in Operation Neptune, including 109 RCN warships consisting of destroyers, corvettes, minesweepers, the Prince class troop carriers and landing craft. The RCN Tribal class destroyers Haida and Huron provided convoy protection in the Channel. Haida still exists today as a museum ship in Hamilton harbour Ontario.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
"no, you go out love. It's been a while hasn't it.. Your friends are probably missing you. Me? I'll be fine. Probably just watch UA-cam videos. Yeah, okay love. Have a good night."
Another Honourable mention (or maybe just overlooked) is the Tribal Class destroyer HMCS Haida. She prevented German ships interdicting the Allied fleet from the Bay of Biscay on D-Day and has Normandy battle honours. She is now a museum ship docked in Hamilton, Ontario - the last surviving Tribal class destroyer.
My Dad was in the 70th Independent Tank Batalion attached to the 4th Infantry Division and landed at Utah Beach. I seem to remember he said the landing craft and crew carrying him, and his jeep and crew were British. May the red Central Texas earth lay light over his bones.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front. But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
Sure. If you forget that Russia and Germany started the war as allies, calving up Eastern Europe together as allies. If Stalin had opposed Hitler instead of joining him, there might never have been a WW2.
So fine to hear you include some old tugs around the lakes! I work on the old ST 709 that was completed in 1944. The Enterprise DMG 38 straight 8 direct reversing slow speed diesel is still in use and is a testament to the type of machines constructed at the time.
There are surprisingly large number of DUKWs (Ducks) about and still operating in tourist areas to this day. Loads of cities have "Duck Tours" and a few still operate WW2 vehicles.
My dad told me about a neighbor he had as a kid who used a DUKW for farm work. Tractor gets stuck in mud a DUKW could pull it out. I have no other info then that sadly, no idea if it still survives or how the man acquired it.
Wow. Just came across this, and it brought back some memories. My father served on HMS Belfast from 1943 - 1945 and was on Belfast at D-Day. He had just turned 18 yo a week before. One of his memories was returning to Pompey on D+3 or thereabouts to take KG5 and Winston over to the beaches at Normandy. God bless him.
My great uncle drove a landing craft in the first wave on D-day. They hit a mine, he was one of just 2 survivors out of 9. Great to see the navy contribution remembered. RIP Commander Frank Palmer.
There is also a tugboat, orginally US ST-335 in Oulu Finland, renamed "Alpo". It was used to ferry Mulberry Harbors. Ship has sailed all the way from Finland 3 times to D-Day celebration including this year all the way to France, wich in itself is a amazing feat. It was aquired by Finnish Navy after the war and it served as mineclearing vessel untill 1951. It served as harbor tug almost near the turn of the centry. It was then bought by private individuals.
I’ve gone to see The Texas a couple times and she is incredible in person. You get to explore the entire ship with a couple exhibits. You can even control and move the small guns and AA guns! At the time they were redoing the deck so they had a bucket at the exit with blocks of the old deck that you could take for free. Im so happy they are restoring the old girl for future generations to see her.
So glad you showed the former LST 510. On 20 Dec 44, she carried Dad’s unit - 151st Signal Company, 11th (US) Armored Div - from the UK to Cherbourg. As the ship entered the harbor, it struck a submerged obstacle which holed the hull. The soldiers were off-loaded into small vessels, and after emergency repairs, 510 beached. The next day the troops were allowed back aboard to retrieve their vehicles, and their war began. Last April my brothers and our sister rode the Cape Henlopen from Connecticut to Long Island and back. Ship has several superb historical displays.
I toured the USS Texas back in 1970 with my Grandfather. It was great. He was a WW2 veteran of the 3rd armored division. A good friend of his had served on the Texas. A great video as always.
I live near Evansville, IN where LST 325 is semi-permanently moored. She is a beautiful museum ship that I've had the opportunity of touring. She served with Greece before coming back to the US and being restored as a museum. Many of the LSTs including LST 325 were built right here in Evansville, IN. It's a true WWII homecoming success. I highly recommend visiting if you have the chance. Ironically, the photo of LST 325 where Mr. Felton identifies her home port of Evansville actually shows her moored on the bank of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, OH! 😂
Picture of LST 325 from the Cincinnati shore of the Ohio river with the city of Covington, Kentucky and the Roebling Suspension bridge in the background.
My dad, God rest him, was a Gunners Mate on the USS Harding, DD 625, a Fletcher Class Destroyer, off Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. His gun mount was on the centerline of the ship just below the bridge. He heard all the orders and talk on the bridge. His account of his view of the ship's action and activity on Omaha is in the book Neptuneus Rex, Naval Instiute Press. Fair winds and following seas dad and to your ship mates.
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Are you familiar with the "Ship Happens" Channel???? they are refurbing a WWII boat....
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
But you are unlikely to thank the Russians. Such is the power of propaganda. You are brainwashed into thinking that those who landed on Normandy were brave etc. They were just lucky that the Russians were saving them.
Your phrasing of D-Day was...interesting. Since you carefully emphasized and prioritized British involvement, should everyone else (especially Americans & Canadians) thank🫡you for including us in World War 2?
🤔 No.
@@MausMasher54 I am, chuffed to see her get a mention
Respect to all the fallen of d day and those who fought and survived
Lest we forget...
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
But you are unlikely to thank the Russians. Such is the power of propaganda. You are brainwashed into thinking that those who landed on Normandy were brave etc. They were just lucky that the Russians were saving them.
We must never forget..... never, ever !
Thank you for all you do .
Not only those who survived , respect especially to those who gave their lives so that we might all be free .
The ones unheard and oft forgotten in the immensity of the task they had at hand. They too served and died for our freedom.
Last year I had cardiac arrest and it took 15 minutes of CPR to get my heart started, they told my wife and daughter I would probably not survive, and if I did I'd be severely brain damaged, after 10 days in a coma I woke up and they asked me what the date was, well there was the date written on the info board in my room, it said 6 June, I saw that and answered D-Day, they all thought I was indeed suffering brain damage until one of the nurses said "omg, he's correct" it seems of the 7 people in my room, only her, and I knew the date and what it means.
Thanks for that story! Wow! I also hope you are doing better now...
@@Rationalific
Thanks, I am, I'm still not completely where I'd like to be, but far better than a year ago.
Thanks for sharing, and wishing you the best second life you could possibly wish for
@@Old_B52H_Gunner Nice to hear, and good luck in the future! 👍
Yes, what a story--you have an angel watchingvover you! Have a great second life❤❤❤❤
Yup. My great grandfather bravely fought with the US 4th Infantry Division, landing at Utah Beach. He was there all the way through the end of the war, and then was transferred to the 25th and going into Korea. Wish I knew him. Those men made sacrifices that are untold and we are eternally grateful. God bless you, boys
He stayed on Utah beach until the end of the war? 😂😂😂
@@stefanhodgson5986 No, I meant he was in Europe and in theater until the end of the war lol
Watched over by HM S Erebus and HM S Black Prince.
Those men and their loved ones had so many rights curtailed (govt read their mail, rationed fuel and food, etc.)
Nowadays people can't handle wearing a mask, staying 6 ft apart and getting a shot.
My grandfather, I Co. 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division. Before that ,with the 1 st Infantry Division where he received a combat field commission, either in North Africa or Sicily/Italy . He was a sergeant before he went overseas and a lieutenant before landing in Normandy. The 8 Infantry Regiment didn't see action until Normandy, but apparently, they had experienced guys folded in from other units, like my grandfather.
As an Army ROTC cadet at the University of Arizona over 40 years ago, I was part of a select group mentored by a retired general named Smith. On D-Day, he was Captain Smith. He told us that his landing craft hit the beach right alongside another. The other landing craft's ramp fell immediately, and a German machine gun killed everyone inside. Smith's ramp got hung up, and the bullets ricocheted harmlessly off. As the machine gun crew turned their aim elsewhere, the ramp fell and they were out. Wow.
When I went into the Army 40 some years ago, I asked my father what his best advice was to stay safe. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor at age 18 and survived his destroyer being sunk off of Okinawa, all giving him two Purple Hearts. He just said, “Son, it’s all fate. You can be in the right place at the wrong time, the wrong place at the right time, the wrong place at the wrong time, or the right place at the right time. No use dwelling on what could happen. Just do your job.” Years later I did two combat tours in Iraq, and despite IEDs, mortars and snipers, I just prayed for the best, and in the end, was always in the “right place at the right time.”
And that was with a pretty successful Allied deception operation to draw German forces away from Normandy. Can you even imagine how much worse it could have been?
D-day could've been *so* much worse without the successful Allied deception operation that drew German forces away from Normandy.
@@skiller189x4Thanks to you and your Dad, all the right stuff!
Wow
Dr. Felton, the 80th anniversary of D Day would be incomplete without a lesson from you. Thank you.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
@@joeschmoe21: You forget the Soviets would not have been able to survive at all without the Lend Lease supplies given to them by those you so easily disparage.
Respect is due to ALL the Allies who fought and served in whatever capacity in this brutal war.
We owe them a debt of gratitude we can never repay.
@StevenKeery damn straight. Very well, respectively, truthfully, objectively put sir! Nuff said
Fully agreed, cheers & our greatest honor & deep, deep love & gratitude for the many, many selfless sacrifices of our greatest generation and their service, not only to our countries, but the entire world
@@joeschmoe21 The Russian's didn't go after the Germans, just so they were "busy" as a distraction. Like the rest of the countries involved they were fighting to protect themselves.
My father was US Navy during WWII. When he died in 1999, our family found that the funeral service he had paid for turned out to be scam. We looked around for some way to honour him. My father's first assignment in WWII was detached duty to a Liberty Ship in the North Atlantic Convoy. I tentatively contacted the folks at the Jeremiah O'Brien. They said, "He was a Liberty man? We'll take care of him." They didn't ask for many money, only the chance to take photos and video of the ceremony, as well as information about his service record. I still honour the people who work on that ship.
Very honourable to your father in the end. Nice, but sad story.
My grandfather served in the US Navy. He fought in Okinawa and came back to the States with a Arisaka type 99.
I wish I could have spent more time with him. He died in the year 2000
They called these soldiers "the Greatest generation" and rightly so!
How sad for your family and father about the funeral matter. But thank you for his service. He did have redemption in the matter. Goodfor him and your family...RIP.
We stand on the edge of living history with this D-Day anniversary ! Soon and rather sadly so these ships and planes will be our connection to WW2 as the men and women who lived and fought through it will be gone. More now than ever it is our duty to them to hear their stories and keep telling them. Well done to Mark Felton for doing this service.
I concur.
I second that.
Well said
It makes me wonder what will happen to all these historic artifacts when everyone who ever had a connection to WW2 and all of those who knew those people are no longer with us.....
@@tacticalmattfoley The answer is they'll be a tangible connection to the accounts of those who were there and those who knew them.
Even once the veterans are tragically gone, their lessons will still be vital. Freedom must be protected, tyranny will be beaten when we are united, and that we must do our utmost to prevent such sacrifice from being required once more as
Rest in peace to all those who fought and died for the cause of freedom .
Did India and Africa feel liberated?
@@outofturn331 Well India was given independence in 1947 so yes they were given their freedom.
@@outofturn331 D-Day freed Europe and helped the world continue towards greater freedom.
As a Texan who’s been watching Mark Felton’s videos for years, it made my year to see this video! Thank you for all your hard work Mark!
For those not familiar, in the footage showing USS Texas under tow for the latest dry dock work, those bright green boxes are electric generators placed on board to provide power to run bilge pumps etc. while under tow
Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 45 civilian ships with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.
Some of the participating units:
Air Force
331 Squadron
332 Squadron
Navy
HNoMS Stord S-class destroyer
HNoMS Svenner S-class destroyer
HNoMS Glaisdale Hunt-class destroyer
HNoMS Andenes Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Eglantine Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Rose Flower-class corvette
HNoMS Nordkapp fishery protection vessel
Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573
Sadly, HNoMS Svenner was sunk, and 33 of her crew were killed.
Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace. Haec est vera fraternitas, quae numquam potuit violari certamine
(In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace. This is the true brotherhood, which the shock of battle could not break.)
That's fascinating. Thanks for sharing
My Grandfather was Royal Navy, dropping commandos into Norway. Every voyage they returned with so many Norwegian volunteers they had to turn some away. He also said that Brits could walk down any street in Norway and noone would report them.
@@christianZaal On that note; In the aftermath of Operation Claymore, a raid on the Lofoten Islands, the Commandos and the Royal Navy brought back 228 German prisoners and 314 Norwegian volunteers.
And it's worth remembering that the Germans ended up deploying 370,000 men to Norway; the equivalent of about 20 infantry divisions that weren't available on D-Day.
Maybe Dr Felton could make a video about this, it would be interesting.
My granddad landed in one of the first waves on D-Day and fought all the way through to Germany. Never met him since he died before my birth but my dad always said he had bad feet from a winter in the Ardennes. As a Jew fighting the Nazis I couldn’t even imagine what he experienced, but from sources like this video I can gain a little bit more insight. Thank you for this video and every other one, each is an invaluable opportunity for both knowledge and remembrance. May the experiences and sacrifices of our forefathers never be forgotten.🙏
I recall coverage of the 1984 40th anniversary.
A bunch of veteran paratroopers did a reenactment drop over the area.
They would have been around 60 +/- a couple of years at the time....
They didn't scatter them all over creation like what happened for real, did they?
On the descent "not again....."
There was a story about them in the Time Magazine of June 1984 if anyone finds a copy.
Sadly, I don’t think any D-Day veterans will be left for the 90th anniversary.
@@thelastroman7791it's unlikely, but not impossible. Harry Patch died in 2009, the last man to have served in the trenches. There were a few other ww1 veterans from different branches alive until 2011, like Claude Choules who served in the navy.
There is a jump scheduled for tomorrow with current members of the 82nd participating.
The 101st has changed to an Air Assault unit and no longer does Mass Tactical jumps.
Prior to his passing aged 91 in 2016, although I knew he served in the Royal Navy during WW2, but I never realised until afterwards that my grandfather served on HMS Chelmer, a River Class Frigate, during the D-Day landings. He had a picture of the ship proudly hung up on the wall of his flat that he lived in for most of the rest of his life
God bless all those who died in the fight to liberate Europe.
Half* Moscow got the other half remember? but yeah thanks to all of them for their sacrifice and post-war security from the drunken bear
FIVE neutral European countries - Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland - were not 'liberated'. FIVE Axis countries - Germany (inc. Austria), Italy (for most of the war), Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - were defeated, not liberated. Most of eastern Europe; Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) fell under Soviet control (having been independent sovereign nations before) - so, again, hardly 'liberated'. Countries in the former Republic of Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo etc) as well as 'Greater Europe' - Belarus and Ukraine - had previously been under Soviet control and reverted to rule by Moscow after the end of WW2 - so not liberated, except by the Red Army. The UK PREVENTED a Communist takeover in Greece as did the US in the case of Axis Austria, so again, not really 'liberated'.
Of western Europe, France was largely liberated by US and French forces, Luxembourg was liberated by US troops. Belgium and Holland, were liberated largely by British and Canadian troops - who also liberated Denmark (and prevented a USSR seizure by a matter of hours). Norway was occupied by friendly British troops but only after the surrender of German forces there.
The capture of Paris (and hence the 'liberation' of France) was very exciting and extremely well covered by the Press corps which being mainly American, emphasised the importance of America and played down the role of de Gaul's Free French military. The liberation of another five pretty small European countries never fired any Allied imagination. So, six countries dominated by France, with the rest of Europe either fallen under the shadow of Communist enslavement and with five others staying clear of the war. I call that 'liberating some European countries' not 'liberating Europe'.
@@alastairbarkley6572 better than the alternative
Well said. @@jonholland6067
@@jonholland6067 What alternative? That some countries in Europe were NOT liberated? Certainly that was better than NO countries liberated. But don't call D-Day the 'liberation of Europe'. It simply was not.
I’m currently in Normandy for the 80th anniversary and there’s a tug moored up opposite my campsite on the orne canal,just up from Pegasus bridge, that’s called Challenge. She was present at the evacuation of Dunkirk helping out and also tugged across parts of the mulberry harbours for d day. Such a privilege to see an old ship that’s been restored to seaworthiness and now a living museum.
Well, certainly a lucky man. Been all over Europe doing battlefields, but only made it to St. Malo & never made it to Normandy or Dieppe
I met and spent time with a man that ran up those beaches, and finally got him to talk some about it, it was incredible. God bless you Walt, and thanks to the real Men who kept our Liberty and Freedom through blood and guts.
Please respect all veterans they deserve it and deserve a place to call home!
I read this week that there are only 9,500 veterans from WWII left alive as of June 6 2024.
Two generations I will have seen pass in my lifetime. And a few from the Boer War too!
Makes one think eh?
I worked on the former LST 510 a few years back and have driven it countless times. The captains and engineers had some stories that may or may not be true. One of the stories is that 510 was returning from France and a torpedo was launched towards it by a plane or boat. Due to the bow being so light and so high up in the water the torpedo went under the hull. I have also heard that when the engineers replaced some of her hull plates they found fragments of shrapnel. Regardless, a framed picture of her original crew hangs in the wheelhouse. At over 80 years old there are no plans for LST 510 to be retired. The company that owns it also owns a shipyard that can drydock her in a matter of hours. She is in good hands.
I am personally glad to know that there are other people keeping the history, and the memories of all those involved, alive today. Cheers from across the pond. 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦
Mark - correction for your video. LST 325 is fully operational and regularly goes on tour around the United States.
Ive had the pleasure of touring LST 325 when she was stopped in Alabama a few years ago. She's a beautifully preserved ship (fully operational) with an awesome crew of people who look after her.
I have a picture of LST 325 going through the Pike Island Locks on the Ohio River about 15 years ago.
I went through her this past fall up in La Crosse. The people who crew her are indeed just incredible.
I saw her in Pittsburgh several years ago, looking forward to seeing her back later this year
You saying Mark Felton dun fukd up????
The ship was used by Hellenic Navy and I am glad they kept her Greek name ΣΥΡΟΣ. Syros is an island.
The Jeremiah O'Brien is amazing. I visited earlier this year, around Christmas. The company that runs the ship is all volunteer and many of them keep their accoutremants and a few personal effects needed to go to sea in the cabins of the ship. It still runs, and the whole thing is so immaculately preserved, although I may not have been meant to do this, I was able to sit in and fully traverse one of the medium anti-air cannons. Up, down, right, left, but for a few key parts of the firing mechanism, the whole gun was still perfectly operational as easily and smoothly as it was when it rolled off the blocks in Maine (I believe) in 1943. Those of you who've had the opportunity to climb around other museum ships know that is an incredible feat for a ship that was never meant to survive anywhere past the end of the war, and has been exposed to the elements for the whole time since.
I've been on board as well, in 2005. Can't remember if the D-Day service was noted at the time, but I assume there would have been some mention of it. I was more interested in the USS Pampanito moored there as well, due to its rescue of 73 Allied PoWs from a torpedoed Japanese "hell ship".
I was aboard for her Veteran's cruise earlier this year, 2024. We'll worth the time and effort to travel to see her. The crew of voulenteers is great, and to be below in the engine room while she's cruising is a must.
My grandfather in-law served on the SS Jeremiah O'Brien and took part in the anniversary sail to England and France. Thanks for including the liberty ships in your video, it was vital work and often goes unappreciated. Logistics wins wars.
Dr. Felton, you are a living treasure. You bring home to us stories of the men, women and wartime material with such immediacy that all it almost seems like recent memory.
God bless all those who saved the world from the Nazi horror and God bless Mark Felton for not letting us forget.
My great-uncle served as a Machinist Mate aboard USS Texas during WW1. It's great that she still lives on.
Is there a better documentary channel on UA-cam than this? Thank you Dr Felton, you have paid a great tribute to those Naval forces who assisted in the landings in Normandy which will be viewable here forever.
Another apt appropriate history lesson for us all on D-Day 1944 80th 2024 Anniversary
"You know those thousands of ships you say the Allies haven't got?!?! Well, they got them!!", Maj. Pluskat in "The Longest Day".
Hi Dr Felton. I'm a disabled US Army Veteran and my family and I live in Sacramento California. We have visited the Jeremiah O'Brien on Fisherman's Warf in San Francisco along with the WWII submarine and other military warships on display. I never realized just how cramped the WWII submarines and warships actually were-I'm 6'4" and learned pretty quickly to duck my head going through the compartment doors! Thanks for expanding my information on the different ships that took part in the D-day landings. They have been forgotten over time but it is still great to hear that there are several of these "Old War Horses" still around and being treated well after all these years!!
I live in Sacramento also.
Yep. And the same time as you duck your head you have to lift up one foot then the other or you'll trip over the deck (floor) mounted compartment sealers. 🤕
🇨🇦🇨🇦 As a Canadian I’m so proud of what our troops did on Juno Beach and our navy that protected the soldiers landing on Omaha Beach. Our smaller army of about 24,000 (hopefully I’m correct in my numbers) and our small navy of 80 helping to defeat the enemy. So proud. 🇨🇦🇨🇦
You can also be proud of your navy's performance at Inchon a few years later. As an American, I find it sad that documentaries really don't mention the significant role that Canadian and British warships had in assisting our naval forces at that landing and valiantly fighting the North Koreans (one British cruiser, HMS Jamaica, was VICIOUSLY attacked by Commie aircraft from what I've read). Add in the magnificent courage that Canuck and Aussie soldiers displayed at Kapyong (against a Chinese division more than EIGHT TIMES their combined size) plus the Brits' spectacular performances from Pusan to Imjin, and the Korean War truly was a team effort!
@@thunderbird1921 thank you!
Also to note, the Canadian forces were all volunteer and gained the most forward ground that day.
@@bobschiller7416again. Thank you. Were a small but mighty nation, under estimated.
I've had the privilege of seeing four of these as surviving museum vessels here in the US. Armed with this new knowledge I'll seek out a few more. Thank you Dr. Felton for another excellent video.
As a Texan, one of my first thoughts is always about the (at the time) 32 year old, 27,000 ton counter sniper sitting off shore doing a gangster lean to get a bit of extra range.
Your video led me down a rabbit hole of where the Texas was in her restoration process. It ended with me being the owner of 1911 grips made from a piece of her deck planks and a piece with the builders mark on it.
That is quite the impressive deep dive
Visit the beach if you get the chance. The German gun emplacements are impregnable from the front. They had to get ships in close enough to get the angle on them - risky move
You KNOW that Mark Felton was going to have at least one D-Day special!
But he is unlikely to tell the truth. Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
Will he mention this fact? Nope.
Remembering those brave soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors who lost their lives on D Day. Saluting you, o7.
We owe so much to those Brave Men and Women who saved the world when they answered the call and served in WWII. Thank you heroes!
When I was at Fort Knox, Kentucky I saw a building constructed in the shape of an LST with the hinged front doors like the actual ship. It was built during WW2 and used to train tanker crews in loading and off loading from an LST. After the war it was used as a classroom and later restored to it's wartime configuration. There is a historical marker explaining the history right next to it.
I drove past that and often wondered what the heck it was doing there. Thanks.
One of my Mom's many uncles served aboard the Battleship Texas. When it was first put on display, moored at The San Jacinto Battleground, that uncle gave my Mom's family (my grandparents, my Mom, and my uncle) a guided tour of his battle station, his duty station, and where he lived and slept, even remembering to point out the GD-blankety-blank brass fittings that it was his duty to shine up every GD day! LOL! (He hated shining those brass fittings!) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My grandfather was a master sergeant, and he landed at Normandy and went on to fight at the Battle of the Bulge. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for bringing history to life in a factual and respectful way which honors all soldiers who took part in “the longest day”. I am here because my grandfather survived! Thank you!
Had the pleasure of touring the USS Texas before restoration
They were worried about the Texas sinking when moving it to dry dock in Galveston. It was in pretty bad shape. Visited it a couple of times as a kid.
@jamesfields2916 Yeah, was pretty rough in 2018 the last time I went. Glad its getting the TLC it deserves
I saw USS Texas in March after her refloat. She looks great with her new paint. Work on the super structure is still ongoing
I highly recommend folks look up various UA-cam channels (Drachinfel being #1) to see her in dry dock and now - how great she looks in those drone over flights!
I saw her when I was 17 I am 67 now and hope to visit after she is restored.
I love that these old ships are being preserved. I'm admittedly partial to the USS Texas, being Texan myself. I love her story and visited many times over my 40 years. I'm so happy that she is getting much needed repairs.
Thanks, Mark. Never forget.
Thank you for the meticulous research and presentation. Much appreciated. As a police officer I volunteer to occasionally write policing history stories or answer replies for family history which are submitted. A few years ago I interviewed the father of a work mate who was a retired senior police officer and at that time recently awarded the Legion d'honneur. Chief Superintendent (retired) Denis Silverwood QPM was an immensely interesting man (and as a true gentleman was wearing a cravat while talking to me :) ) He joined the Royal Navy at 17 and was trained at the former Butlins Holiday camp at Skegness. It's amazing what an RN Ensign and some paint can turn an establishment into! D Day saw him on board a converted North Sea trawler along with some very hard north sea fishermen now trawling for mines. He told me they were hard men but looked after him and showed him how to be a sailor. Despite their leading the invasion fleet and risking everything in a small wooden ship they considered their lot much safer than those of the troops leading the charge ashore.
D-Day ... My Father's birthday was June 6th 1943. I was able to go and be on the beaches of Normandy on June 6th 2011. Standing on Omaha beach, I was in awe of looking up at the bluffs and the remaining German gun emplacements and thought it was a miracle that men could get off that beach alive and press inland. Sir Winston Churchill said it best. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Just as appropriate for D-Day as it was appropriate for the Battle of Briton.
This is amazing! My grandfather served in the Navy during D-Day on the USS McCook. It's great to know he contributed to this historic moment.
P.S. Not sure how true this is, but my family says that his ship was the ship that destroyed the last German pillbox.
Another great video, as always! The recent repairs to the USS Texas were documented in great detail online, for anyone interested in this work. I learned a great deal about the ship and battleships in general from following along with the renovation.
The USS Laffey is moored at Patriot’s Point Park in Charleston, SC and is worth seeing for anyone in the area. The amount of military history in the immediate area is astounding. Not only is Laffey moored with the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier with numerous planes and exhibits), but there is a large Vietnam exhibit on site as well. Just across the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston holds the battery, from which the Secessionists fired the first shots of the Civil War. In the harbor is Fort Sumter, which was the recipient of that fire. Charleston also has a museum with the CSS H.L. Hunley, the ill-fated confederate submarine that was raised from the mud of the harbor in 2000 and is being conserved.
Visiting these old ships is great fun and educational.
Tomorrow, June 6th, we owe so much, to so few that gave their sacrifice and service for so many!! To partially quote Sir Winston!!
Nice BS
Actually NOT so few...millions and millions of soldiers (men and women) lost their lives.
Yes, we owe them respect and the elusive peace that the gave their lives for (not to forget the wounded whose lives often were altered forever).
@@renskeconnell8038 compared to who they fought and died for...a drop in the bucket for world peace and the destruction of tyranny.
@@SMichaelDeHartWinston against tyranny, what irony
Wasn't Churchill referring to the RAF in the Battle of Britain in that famed comment?
I'm so incredibly thankful to the brave souls who have fought/fight for us. I'm always in awe hearing these stories.
And I LOVE going through the comments and reading personal accounts as well ❤
Thanks to those who served and sacrificed on D-Day. And thank you, Dr. Felton, for presenting another fascinating chapter on what happened that day.
Hi Mark i am sure Simon and Gemma who are restoring Sarinda on the Ship happens channel on youtube are grateful for the mention but they are restoring her to the motor yacht Sarinda not the HDMI CHECK OUT their WORK ITS AMAZING
Great video. I'm a Texan. The USS Texas looks grand after coming out of drydock. The planning and logistical effort for the war is simply amazing.
Mr Felton
Thank you for your always informative and interesting videos. Thank you also for including the service of Canadians on D Day.
Regards
Jennifer and Duncan from Canada
That was SUPER!
I have been on 4 of these ships.
Thanks for doing this project.
We owe so much to the Navy, all the Navys, and the Merchant Marine, and all the others on ships with just numbers who took part and sacrificed their lives for success on June 6, 1944. Getting 'everything ' across the Channel for weeks on end.
I worked with a very kind Brit at Air Canada in Aircraft Maintenance He was on one of those Minesweeper ships on June 5, 1944.
Harrowing job indeed, right out front all alone they were. But they just took it in stride as their job in the whole affair. Very humble indeed.
Brave quiet men doing 'their bit ' in ensuring Victory in Europe. We really will never see their like again.
Thank You Dr. Felton for presenting this video. My son was born on D-Day 1995, and has always known what happened on this date. There are very few left of this Greatest Generation that fought for our Anglo-Saxon peoples and principles. We are all part and parcel of the UK, be we in Canada, Australia, New Zealand or USA and this is a important part of us Descendants of English origin.
Great Post.....
Thank you sir for your ongoing excellence in these history stories, always a great use of my time. You are awesome Mr Felton!
9:32 That's BB-33 Arkansas. The sixth turret marks her as a member of the singular Wyoming class - we didn't field any other classes with so many - and by D-day her only sister, the class namesake Wyoming, had long since been extremely busy as an AA gunnery training ship.
In the early 1970's my Father brought home a small brass bell inscribed USS ARKANSAS 1912
We had it for years in New Jersey. Rang in New Years Eve with it one year.l One day it vanished...stolen !
@@joelonzello4189 Naval bells are almost always made of bronze, and that's why it was stolen. Price of that went pretty high for a while in the latter 20 years of last century.
@@Cemi_Mhikku Dad claimed it was used to ring in Last Call at a bar. I always wanted to return it to the Navy 🙁
My husband’s uncle was in D-Day3. My dad was in the Aleutian Islands, one brother was in Iceland and the other in Italy. I am so proud of my families service and miss them all dearly. When I think of how young the men were I am I awe. My dad would be 101 this year, he enlisted on Dec 8 1941 and left in January. He was barely 18. I am worried than in another conflict, our 18 year olds would be wondering which loo to use. God bless and thank you Dr Felton.
The swimming 'Duplex Drive' Sherman tanks at OMAHA sank (all but one), which is a primary reason this beach was such a bloody battle. Many DD's on the remaining beaches made it successfully ashore and provided crucial infantry support.
God bless every Allied service member who served in the war. Thank you to the Greatest Generation!
Just thinking of D Day, well timed. Dr Felton.
My sons was playing a call of duty game on the xbox. The Texas is a multiplayer map on the game. It's their favorite map. I was telling them some of its history, then they ask what happened to it? If the nazis or Japanese sunk it it battle.... 😮😮😮 I replied no it wasnt sunk.... Well dad, where is it at then? I said its parked at its home, which is about a 20 mins drive...do yall what to go see it? Probably one if the most incredible things they have ever seen. They was in awe. That was the last week it was open to the public before they took it to Galveston for repairs. I do believe its staying in Galveston. Tbh i was always in awe of that ship also. Would hate to be on the business end of any battleship. 😂
I saw the total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 at Evansville, Indiana, and so did LST-325! When you got to the part about LSTs, I looked up that ship, as I believed what I saw was an LST. And sure enough, you mentioned it soon after! 80 years after surviving D-Day, the moon blotted out the sun in the sky over that ship.
Great video.
A couple of ships you missed, though. The Royal Canadian Navy Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida and the Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica were both part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of the screening force that prevented German naval attacks (like the attempted S-boat attack described in the video).
Destroyers screened both flanks of the invasion fleet, with 10th DF being on the Western flank, where they were involved in the Battle of Ushant, which was an attempt by German destroyers to attack the landing beaches. This was beaten off with Haida and her sister ship Huron driving the German destroyer Z32 ashore with heavy damage.
Both Haida and Błyskawica have been preserved in their home countries as museum ships.
Thank you so much. My Uncle Lawrence took the Queen Mary to Britain while she was a troop ship. He returned on an LST to New York. He said there was quite a disparity in both speed and comfort.
This is an awesome presentation as usual. I hope that Lightship 73 will be restored to her service standard of excellence. May ours and future generations preserve our way of life given to us by these brave men.
The HMCS Haida, a museum ship in Hamilton Ontario, also participated in the D-Day events, providing coverage for the other ships. It’s a very interesting ship to visit and it has a very interesting history as well. I was sorry it wasn’t included in this video.
Thank you Dr. Felton, for illustrating the brave men and women who gave their best to make D-Day happen. Without their contributions it would never have happened as it did.
Official Canadian D-Day Website Quote " The Royal Canadian Navy was extremely active before and during the first day of Operation Overlord." I guess mentioning the RCN ships would have made the video to long? So to help here is the official listing of RCN ships that took action in the Normandy Invasion "The following RCN vessels took part in the invasion of Normandy:
Tribal class destroyer
HMCS Haida
HMCS Huron
V class destroyer
HMCS Algonquin
HMCS Sioux
River class destroyer (British)
HMCS Gatineau
HMCS Kootenay
HMCS Qu’Appelle
HMCS Ottawa (II)
HMCS Chaudière
HMCS Restigouche
HMCS Skeena
HMCS St. Laurent
Mackenzie Class Destroyer Escort
HMCS Saskatchewan
River class frigate
HMCS Meon
HMCS Teme
River class frigate (1942-1943 program)
HMCS Cape Breton
HMCS Grou
HMCS Matane
HMCS Outremont
HMCS Port Colberne
HMCS Saint John
HMCS Swansea
HMCS Waskesiu
Flower class corvette (1939-1940)
HMCS Alberni
HMCS Baddeck
HMCS Camrose
HMCS Drumheller
HMCS Louisburg (II)
HMCS Lunenburg
HMCS Mayflower
HMCS Moose Jaw
HMCS Summerside
HMCS Prescott
Revised Flower class corvette
HMCS Mimico
Revised Flower class corvette (1940-1941 program)
HMCS Calgary
HMCS Kitchener
HMCS Port Arthur
HMCS Regina
HMCS Woodstock
Revised Flower class corvette (1942-1943 program)
HMCS Lindsay
Troop landing ship
HMCS Prince David
HMCS Prince Henry
Bangor class minesweeper
HMCS Bayfield
HMCS Guysborough
Bangor class minesweeper (1940-1941 regular program)
HMCS Vegreville
Bangor class minesweeper (1941-1942 program)
HMCS Kenora
HMCS Mulgrave
29th Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Flotilla
MTBs 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465 and 466
65th Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Flotilla
MTBs 726, 727, 735, 736, 743, 744, 745, 747, 748
260th Landing Craft Infantry (Large) Flotilla
LCI(L)s 117, 121, 166, 177, 249, 266, 271, 277, 285, 298 and 301
262nd Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) Flotilla
LCI(L)s 115, 118, 125, 135, 250, 252, 262, 263, 270, 276, 299 and 306
264th Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) Flotilla
LCI(L)s 255, 288, 295, 302, 305, 310 and 311
528th Landing Craft, Assault (LCA) Flotilla
LCAs 736, 850, 856, 925, 1021, 1033, 1371 and 1372
529th Landing Craft, Assault (LCA) Flotilla
LCAs 1957, 1059, 1137, 1138, 1150, 1151, 1374 and 1375 "
HMCS Haida still exists as the only surviving Tribal class destroyer.
well done, pretty much the geography of Canada.
HMCS Haida is a museum ship looked after by Parks Canada, its docked in Hamilton, ON. Its well looked after, really interesting and affordable to tour it. Definitely recommend anyone check it out.
Nothing but utmost respect for all those brave souls who fought valiantly and honorably, and gave up their lives for something greater than themselves.
HMCS Haida? A Canadian destroyer. Still afloat. A Canadian War Memorial in Hamilton Ontario Canada. My Uncle, John Francis Lipton earned a DSM while serving as a sonar-man on HMCS Haida.
I was gonna say, he has missed the Haida
It's also now the flagship of the RCN, also served in Korea as part of the Trainbusters Club.
@@captainjoshuagleiberman2778 Indeed a very storied Canadian Naval Warship.
@kevindelaney1951 one could say she was the fightingest ship in the RCN.😉
Its funny that two US tugs were mentioned but not one of the 80 ships of the RCN. From the official website " The Royal Canadian Navy was extremely active before and during the first day of Operation Overlord."
I simply cannot understand, how you find the time to conduct all the research required by these videos. Not to mention writing, performing and editing everything. Thank you for improving our understanding on so many subjects!
Dear Dr.Mark,
Greetings from the US of A! Thank you for this video, and thank you for all of your hard work!
Best wishes!
My grandfather served on a LST in the pacific during WWII. He went in at New Guinea and Letty Gulf in the PI. I’ve toured the LST 325.
I'm so glad HM ML1392 got a mention, the vessel is now known as Sarinda and I'm subscribed to the UA-cam channel of the couple restoring it and it's incredible the amount of time, money and sheer dedication they're putting into it, it's a massive job.
My 96 year old neighbor Jerrys family emigrated from Russia after the revolution. Jerry and his two brothers joined the US Army. He told me his dad was so proud and let people know his sons were in the service. Jerrys brother was a combat engineer and was at Normandy. ❤ to all the vets and their families.
No mention of the RCN! I believe 10,000 Canadian sailors took part in Operation Neptune, including 109 RCN warships consisting of destroyers, corvettes, minesweepers, the Prince class troop carriers and landing craft. The RCN Tribal class destroyers Haida and Huron provided convoy protection in the Channel. Haida still exists today as a museum ship in Hamilton harbour Ontario.
Thank you Dr Felton, always appreciate your daily reminders of what sacrifices and heroism went on June 6th!
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
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Your friends are probably missing you.
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We all truly appreciate that you keep this important history relevant and accessible. Cheers, Mark
Another Honourable mention (or maybe just overlooked) is the Tribal Class destroyer HMCS Haida. She prevented German ships interdicting the Allied fleet from the Bay of Biscay on D-Day and has Normandy battle honours. She is now a museum ship docked in Hamilton, Ontario - the last surviving Tribal class destroyer.
And the Team mate of our daring Tribal the valiant Grom -class destroyer Błyskawica of the Polish Navy.
I am excited to see that some of the original ships are still around. Thanks for telling me where to find them. Great job Mark.
My father was in World War 2. I love you channel I'm a big history buff. Thank you.🇺🇸☮️🌹
God Bless you Mark. Thank you for all you’ve done for helping us remember world war 2. ❤
My Dad was in the 70th Independent Tank Batalion attached to the 4th Infantry Division and landed at Utah Beach. I seem to remember he said the landing craft and crew carrying him, and his jeep and crew were British. May the red Central Texas earth lay light over his bones.
Germans would have liquified all those Americans etc. that landed on D-Day had it not been for the Russians. 80% Germans were busy fighting Russians, in the East. Only a tiny force was left on the Normandy front.
But telling the truth is going to ruin the narrative. Giving credit to the Russians is painful, and it also make the Normandy landings look idiotic.
Sure. If you forget that Russia and Germany started the war as allies, calving up Eastern Europe together as allies. If Stalin had opposed Hitler instead of joining him, there might never have been a WW2.
But I guess telling the truth about that will "ruin the narrative" 😆
@@christianZaal Please don't feed the trolls. Let the buffoons be.
So fine to hear you include some old tugs around the lakes! I work on the old ST 709 that was completed in 1944. The Enterprise DMG 38 straight 8 direct reversing slow speed diesel is still in use and is a testament to the type of machines constructed at the time.
There are surprisingly large number of DUKWs (Ducks) about and still operating in tourist areas to this day. Loads of cities have "Duck Tours" and a few still operate WW2 vehicles.
Branson MO
A few accidents with them.
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 one of many. Yeah, some have had less than happy careers it has to be said.
My dad told me about a neighbor he had as a kid who used a DUKW for farm work.
Tractor gets stuck in mud a DUKW could pull it out.
I have no other info then that sadly, no idea if it still survives or how the man acquired it.
I think a lot were shut down . Couldn’t get insurance after accidents and USCG came down hard on them .
Wow. Just came across this, and it brought back some memories. My father served on HMS Belfast from 1943 - 1945 and was on Belfast at D-Day. He had just turned 18 yo a week before. One of his memories was returning to Pompey on D+3 or thereabouts to take KG5 and Winston over to the beaches at Normandy. God bless him.
Texas! She was at Normandy, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Texas was in WW1 too .... grand old girl
My great uncle drove a landing craft in the first wave on D-day. They hit a mine, he was one of just 2 survivors out of 9. Great to see the navy contribution remembered. RIP Commander Frank Palmer.
Hooray for D-Day. Hooray for this Documentary. And Hooray for COLCHESTER.
An excellent video, brilliantly highlighting the Naval contribution to the staggering logistics of D-day. Great and meticulous research...as always.
There is also a tugboat, orginally US ST-335 in Oulu Finland, renamed "Alpo". It was used to ferry Mulberry Harbors. Ship has sailed all the way from Finland 3 times to D-Day celebration including this year all the way to France, wich in itself is a amazing feat.
It was aquired by Finnish Navy after the war and it served as mineclearing vessel untill 1951. It served as harbor tug almost near the turn of the centry. It was then bought by private individuals.
I’ve gone to see The Texas a couple times and she is incredible in person. You get to explore the entire ship with a couple exhibits. You can even control and move the small guns and AA guns! At the time they were redoing the deck so they had a bucket at the exit with blocks of the old deck that you could take for free. Im so happy they are restoring the old girl for future generations to see her.
Right on time for lunch 🥪 🫶
Thanks, Doc!
So glad you showed the former LST 510. On 20 Dec 44, she carried Dad’s unit - 151st Signal Company, 11th (US) Armored Div - from the UK to Cherbourg. As the ship entered the harbor, it struck a submerged obstacle which holed the hull. The soldiers were off-loaded into small vessels, and after emergency repairs, 510 beached. The next day the troops were allowed back aboard to retrieve their vehicles, and their war began. Last April my brothers and our sister rode the Cape Henlopen from Connecticut to Long Island and back. Ship has several superb historical displays.
I was thinking of this for a very long time. Thank You for bringing this to attention.❤
I toured the USS Texas back in 1970 with my Grandfather. It was great. He was a WW2 veteran of the 3rd armored division. A good friend of his had served on the Texas. A great video as always.
I live near Evansville, IN where LST 325 is semi-permanently moored. She is a beautiful museum ship that I've had the opportunity of touring. She served with Greece before coming back to the US and being restored as a museum. Many of the LSTs including LST 325 were built right here in Evansville, IN. It's a true WWII homecoming success. I highly recommend visiting if you have the chance.
Ironically, the photo of LST 325 where Mr. Felton identifies her home port of Evansville actually shows her moored on the bank of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, OH! 😂
Picture of LST 325 from the Cincinnati shore of the Ohio river with the city of Covington, Kentucky and the Roebling Suspension bridge in the background.
Admiral Ramsay: This C-Ration is F'n raw! Find the one with lamb sauce.
XD Good one!
Not to mention calling someone an "Idiot Sandwich".
My dad, God rest him, was a Gunners Mate on the USS Harding, DD 625, a Fletcher Class Destroyer, off Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. His gun mount was on the centerline of the ship just below the bridge. He heard all the orders and talk on the bridge. His account of his view of the ship's action and activity on Omaha is in the book Neptuneus Rex, Naval Instiute Press. Fair winds and following seas dad and to your ship mates.