Comments on: Colour photographs of before and after D-Day http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Liutgard http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-63112 Liutgard Thu, 15 Sep 2025 10:55:29 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-63112 Just look at those German soldiers. So young! They should be at home and in school! Just look at those German soldiers. So young! They should be at home and in school!

]]> By: Nick http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-58281 Nick Wed, 17 Aug 2025 18:49:37 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-58281 Wow, incredible pictures from an incredible time in history! Thanks for posting these. For all of you other WWII buffs like yours truly, I heard about a new book coming out about General Omar Bradley that sounds pretty interesting. Here's a link if you're interested- http://www.regnery.com/books/omarbradley.html Wow, incredible pictures from an incredible time in history! Thanks for posting these.

For all of you other WWII buffs like yours truly, I heard about a new book coming out about General Omar Bradley that sounds pretty interesting. Here’s a link if you’re interested- http://www.regnery.com/books/omarbradley.html

]]> By: Estelle http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-58220 Estelle Wed, 17 Aug 2025 10:31:55 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-58220 The soldier receiving the last rites has really quite affected me. The soldier receiving the last rites has really quite affected me.

]]> By: Anne B. http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-57422 Anne B. Mon, 08 Aug 2025 22:30:27 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-57422 ``How sad, in the last picture the priest has his “back turned” to the soldiers, how can they get anything out of the mass like that. :>)'' Easily. The object of the Mass is the Eucharist, and the priest and the congregation are both facing it. “How sad, in the last picture the priest has his “back turned” to the soldiers, how can they get anything out of the mass like that. :>)”

Easily. The object of the Mass is the Eucharist, and the priest and the congregation are both facing it.

]]> By: Patrick Graybill http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-57293 Patrick Graybill Sat, 06 Aug 2025 18:47:21 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-57293 The "abandoned German machine gun" is a French Hotchkiss. Try abandoned German gun position. The “abandoned German machine gun” is a French Hotchkiss. Try abandoned German gun position.

]]> By: The Egyptian http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/before-and-after-d-day-in-colour/#comment-57178 The Egyptian Fri, 05 Aug 2025 12:47:07 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22165#comment-57178 How sad, in the last picture the priest has his "back turned" to the soldiers, how can they get anything out of the mass like that. :>) better dressed congregation then most parishes today, not a short or flipflop in sight and they are kneeling to boot How sad, in the last picture the priest has his “back turned” to the soldiers, how can they get anything out of the mass like that. :>)

better dressed congregation then most parishes today, not a short or flipflop in sight and they are kneeling to boot

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