Support Our Their Troops on D-Day

Phenomenal D-Day idea from Blackfive:

Packages and Letters to our allies – I keep hearing that our allies don’t receive the same level of support that our troops get from us. Let’s change that today, of all days, the anniversary of D-Day.

For a British Soldier in Iraq:

British Soldier

c/o G1 Branch

HQ MultiNational Div (SE)

Basra, BFPO 641

And for a British soldier in Afghanistan:

British Soldier

c/o G1 Branch

HQ Helmand Province Task Force

Camp Bastion, BFPO 792.t

If you would like to send a postcard or letter of support to Canadian Troops in Afghanistan, please use these addresses (the first is Kabul and the second is Kandahar):

Any Canadian Soldier

OP ARCHER

KABUL 100

PO BOX 5113 STN FORCES

BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6

Any Canadian Soldier

OP ATHENA

PO Box 5058 Stn Forces

Belleville ON K8N 5W6

For the Aussies, you can send an email. See this site for more details.

Also, if you didn’t catch Mary Katharine Ham’s D-Day remembrance post, you’re really missing out.

Lt Col P suggested that we pull Charlie out from the depths of deployment to do a historical Overlord post on his legendary Army unit, but Charlie is going to be a tough guy to get a hold of until November-December.

Laughing Wolf on 6 June:

Gold, Sword, Omaha… Names that should be known to all, but fewer remember them with each passing year. Fewer still are taught about them. Today, take a moment and remember. Take a moment, and teach. Stand silent for a moment, and remember all those who died this day, so that the light of freedom could shine again, for at least a while, on a continent gone dark. Go here and here to learn more. Follow the links within, and remember or learn.

Here’s our post on The Rangers of Point Du Hoc from last year.

Finally, one of my all time favorite speeches, shamelessly stolen from Mary Katharine: