In remembrance of D-DAY

  • When:06/07/2019
  • QIC: Dollywood


In remembrance of D-DAY

At 0530 local time… 75 years ago yesterday that Allied forces began hitting the beaches of Normandy to regain a foothold and open a second front against the Nazis.

It was pretty surreal … as we moseyed to our places to think about the kind of day we were going to have versus the morning those Allied soldiers were facing so many years ago.

YHC informed the PAX that today would be a time of remembrance… in no way shape or form would we aspire to endure pain like they did. No cheap testament. We just wanted to spend some time trying to grasp the magnitude of what was sacrificed and accomplished on those foreign shores so many years ago.

After a standard warmup… SSH, Merkins OYO, LSS OYO we got to business.

Partner up.
First statistic to consider was the number 13,000. The rough estimate of the number of paratroopers employed.
In teams of 2, we would do toes to bar, with each rep counting for 10 men. The teams would give the PAX a breather off the bar allowing for continuous progress.
All told – the workout of 9 men completed 1,300 T2B.
Each time a team of 2 reached 100 reps total they would add it to the group total by shouting out “100”… then “200” for the next crew and so on reaching 1300.

Statistic #2: 11,590
The number of planes employed in action and support of the landing that day and the subsequent month.
In teams of 2 calling out each time they reached 100… the 9 PAX completed 1,159 Jump squats… progressively contributing their total to the whole. Each single JS represented 10 planes departing their base.

Statistic #3: 5,333
The number of ships deployed in direct action and in support of the Allied assault. Flutters to complete 533 (with every two legs counting as one rep). Teams of 2 adding their score together and contributing to the group total each time they accumulated 100.

Statistic #4: 13×24
13 countries engaged for 24 days to complete the beach landing and secure a foothold.
In teams of 2, the PAX performed Merkins… each partner halving the total… resulting in 6 sets of 12 apiece.

After a short mosey back to basecamp… we undertook the final and most grim statistic.

10,000.
The estimated number of Allied men lost on D-DAY.

With only 6 minutes to go we were able to complete 500 burpees as a group. each one representing 20 men who sacrificed their lives.

6.
Before prayer we read the names of the men awarded a Medal of Honor for their actions that day.

Walter Ehlers

Carlton Barrett 

John Pinder

Jimmy Montieth

Teddy Roosevelt Jr.

Howard woodford

Closing thought:
“It has been said that the most important thing that every man should know…. is what he is willing to die for”

Today is as good a day as any to stop and consider whether or not the life we are leading is worth the sacrifice those men made 75 years ago.

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