Michigan in France
Sounds like a really great trip and something on my bucket list to see Normandy. Didn't know this before but Coach Beilein is the nephew of one of the Niland brothers KIA. For those who don't know Saving Private Ryan was about the Niland brothers.
April 29th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
Damn, the opening scene to that movie is so compelling. It makes me emotional. France should be ever indebted to the US.
April 29th, 2018 at 10:10 PM ^
...except it seems that we already lost it. Someone should really do a better job keeping the grass down out there before the neighborhood association complains.
April 30th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Nii, er i mean No
If I remember correctly, John's mother - Josephine Niland - is a cousin to the Niland brothers portrayed in the film. I seem to recall and article in the Ann Arbor News about a year or two ago about this. Very interesting indeed.
April 29th, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
April 29th, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
Me too and I am on here a lot.
Well, I guess if you can't pick up something posted 3 whole times in 5 years from the 10,000 other things posted, what good are you?
Check out the circumstances surrounding the quote: "Retreat, hell, we just got here".
https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/retreat-hell-just-got/
April 30th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
ALL wars are criminally stupid
the colonies that were critical.
...of those American casualties in WW1 were lost in a battle against the flu.
April 30th, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
Even if the old "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing vis-a-vis England was a huge factor, it is true that the fledgling USA would not have come to be without a major assist from France.
April 30th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
It's true that without France's help the American Revolution would have likely failed, though it is also a classic case of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
understand much about history, hence the dumb comments. You are very correct France is a huge reason we are even a country today and are actually a great allie today.
And Britain, and Canada. More than half the troops in the first landings, and over two-thirds of the naval and air forces, were British (or Canadian).
Should be life changing for some of these kids to see what there Grand Fathers went thru. Thank you
Is it alright to make this into a post?
Thanks for the links. Unfortunately, the clips posted by Chris Balas have way too much wind interference that distorts the audio. Someone needs to buy him a wind muff for his microphone. The clips posted by The Michigan Insider have much better audio.
he's probably using his phone, not a microphone like that.
...of how much it would have improved the audio, I have to point out that my Malinois wouldn't take more than five seconds to murder that thing.
France is a failed country but damn does it have beautifal countryside. Can see why harbaugh went there
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I hear what you're saying but let us enjoy one thread without going down this road. I'm living through the team vicariously.
April 29th, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
And you didn't even mention the pastries.