The Longest Day

[Dim Bulb]

Be a man and admit you can't get enough of that shit.

[slag]

Ever been to Normandy?

[Dim Bulb]

almost as sobering

Ever been to Normandy?

as Arlington

[Maniac]

Ever been to Normandy?

Nope. Is there a golf course there?

[Maniac]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[slag]

Actually yes ... each hole is named for an Allied general.

One par three on the front nine has an elevated tee that has a really cool view over the town and the water.

[slag]

Did you go to the Airborne Museum at St. Mere Eglise?

[slag]

Fuck it ... I'll save some time (longish story)

Went on a trip to France 4-5 years ago and in Normandy my wife hired a guide (which I initially fought her about but later admitted was some of the best 400 bucks I ever spent).

Anyway ... we go to the Airborne Museum at St. Mere Eglise ... which is the town from the famous Red Buttons hanging from the church steeple scene on a parachute.

Well, if you don't know, they have a dummy of a paratrooper on the church steeple (which has been restored) ... see below:



So, the guide (who is a local history college professor) tells us that the actual paratrooper who Red Buttons played in the movie went to the town a number of years ago and received the key to the city from the mayor.

The guide was there when it happened on the dais and the real paratrooper sees the dummy up on the steeple and tells the mayor that he actually was hung up on the roof of a lower part of the church.

This is the entire church:



The mayor replies: "We'll leave it there ... it's better."

Bwah

[Riccardo]

Who's Red Buttons?

Cool story!

[slag]

Inside that church there was a running battle between the Airborne guys and the Nazis and there are still bullet and shrapnel marks on the walls.

They restored the stained glass that had been shot out and, in addition to classic Christian religious figures, there are airplanes and parachutes in the glass now.

[McCarthy12]

I used to go to my grandfather's house and watch it with him when I was a kid. I've probably seen it 30 times. He always fell asleep on his recliner within the first hour and a half. That brings back great memories.