Houston Man Honored at D-Day Ceremony

KHOU: Houston Veteran Remembers D-Day

Combs is now 84 and was just 18 years-old on D-Day. He said when told he would be driving a PT boat, "So then they asked for volunteers for PT boats. Well, what in the world is a PT boat? I volunteered for that," said Combs. He quickly learned that it stood for patrol torpedo. He was a part of a line of PT boats that protected the western waters above the invasion.

Mr. Combs has created maps, paintings, and models of his time during this invasion. He has helped this, very difficult to imagine, day come to life for many.

Thank you Mr. Combs for the service you have done for our country. And thank you for keeping the memories of this day alive for all of us.

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Remember D-Day

Remember those who died on the sacred ground of the beaches of France 65 years ago today. D-Day should never be forgotten. It was the beginning of a new world. May we never forget their sacrifices for our hopes to live free on June 6, 1944.

To learn more about D-Day, visit this link: D-Day from Army.mil

Day of Days - D-Day

June 6, 1944. Operation Overlord (The Allied Invasion Name) and Operation Neptune (the Amphibious Assault on Northern German-occupied France).

The initial D in D-Day has had various meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of "Day" itself, thereby creating the phrase "Day-Day", or "Day of Days". (according to WikiPedia: D-Day

May we never forget the sacrifice of those brave men on that brave day - June 6, 1944.