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easy1
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since 2010-05-22
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0 posted 2010-06-04 10:58 AM





Omaha Beach Wading (D-Day 6 June 1944)

"Urine the boat, therein the water."
Then, and now it's my turn:
Wet, cold to the torso,
arms and hands held high, like Christs with rifles we slog.

Glints through the haze, steel pot strap tugging; boats are forgotten:
beachfront ahead.

Splashes on the sea, unreal.
A half figure falls with a moan, and then another.
Forward, forward, who cares that they blundered,
Forward!

Teeth gritting, salt assails,
Heart unnoticed racing.
Breath is the lifeblood against
this watery grave...
of muttered curses!

Forward!


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Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20
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1 posted 2010-06-04 02:43 PM


You know, easy1?  This is excelllent- I love `wet, cold to the torso`  and  `like Christs with rifles`.. really the whole piece is amazing- great write!  
~A

Earl Brinkman
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2 posted 2010-06-22 07:59 PM


A good depiction of the soldiers who actually did make it to the beach.  Quite a number of them however drowned when they jumped off the boat as their gear, being extremely heavy, made them sink.
easy1
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3 posted 2010-06-23 12:37 PM


I am not sure if this is exactly the photo I was looking for, but it is representative: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25515317@N07/2610349659/
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