06-07-2011, 09:46 AM
My father was in the third wave at OMAHA Beach. He refused to talk about it for the rest of his life except to say that it was "beyond Hell". He did tell me once that the thing he remembered the most was the incredible noise of shells and bullets and explosions and men screaming that made it impossible to even think.
When Saving Private Ryan came out, I asked him if he wanted to see it. He told me he had no reason to; he had been in the real thing and it wasn't entertainment.
When Saving Private Ryan came out, I asked him if he wanted to see it. He told me he had no reason to; he had been in the real thing and it wasn't entertainment.