{"id":2261676,"date":"2024-06-06T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/101-year-old-d-day-vet-knew-exactly-what-he-was-fighting-for-kick-hitlers-a-out-of-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:41:04","slug":"101-year-old-d-day-vet-knew-exactly-what-he-was-fighting-for-kick-hitlers-a-out-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/101-year-old-d-day-vet-knew-exactly-what-he-was-fighting-for-kick-hitlers-a-out-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"101-Year-Old D-Day Veteran&#8217;s Clear Mission: &#8216;Kick Hitler Out of Europe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F101-year-old-d-day-vet-knew-exactly-what-he-was-fighting-for-kick-hitlers-a-out-of-europe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jake Larson revisited \u200dNormandy, France, marking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-police-apologise-after-officers-did-push-ups-on-holocaust-memorial\/\" title=\"German Police Apologise After Officers Did Push-Ups on Holocaust Memorial\">80th anniversary<\/a> of \u200dhis participation \u2064in the D-Day invasion. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, Larson expressed a deep understanding of the mission he and his comrades had undertaken. To learn more\u2062 about\u2063 his story, click the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button below. Jake Larson returned to Normandy, France, commemorating his involvement in the 80th anniversary of \u200dthe D-Day invasion. During an interview \u200cwith Christiane Amanpour, Larson shared insights into the mission he and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-army-vet-who-converted-to-islam-and-supported-violent-jihad-convicted-in-plot-to-bomb-california-rally\/\" title=\"U.S. Army Vet Who Converted To Islam And Supported Violent Jihad Convicted In Plot To Bomb California Rally\">fellow soldiers<\/a> embraced. To delve further into his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-school-board-squirms-as-mom-reads-them-the-gay-porn-in-books-available-to-students\/\" title=\"WATCH: School Board Squirms As Mom Reads Them The Gay Porn In Books Available To Students\">remarkable story<\/a>, click on\u200c the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Jake Larson returned to Normandy, France, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/world-war-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D-Day invasion<\/a> \u2014 in which he had participated \u2014 and he told Christiane Amanpour that he knew exactly what he and his fellow soldiers had been fighting for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cEvery one of us was prepared to give our life to kick Hitler\u2019s ass out of Europe!\u201d 101-year-old D-Day veteran Jake Larson tells me that he knew exactly what they were fighting for 80 years ago today. \u201cI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">lost<\/a> friends<\/a>, everybody lost friends. But we were soldiers. We were prepared\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDa63cp9KG\">pic.twitter.com\/gDa63cp9KG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amanpour\/status\/1798771507100815670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amanpour began by asking Larson whether he remembered what it was like to step out of the landing craft into the water, and he was adamant: \u201cLike it was yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that the \u201c17-year-old pilot\u201d had dropped them off a bit short of the mark he was supposed to hit, so that when he and the others stepped off the landing craft, they had immediately been neck-deep in the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got out of the landing craft and I had water right up to my chin,\u201d he said. \u201cHe let us out a little it too far, but he was just a 17-year-old pilot for that boat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were all kids,\u201d Amanpour exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all kids, yes,\u201d Larson agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Amanpour then asked whether he had known at the time what it was he was fighting for \u2014 and he said that all of them had known exactly what was at stake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely. That we knew. Every one of us \u2014 every one of us was prepared to give our life to kick Hitler\u2019s a** out of Europe!\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we did! We lost quite a few \u2014 we lost friends. I lost friends. But we were soldiers. We were prepared to give our life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Larson revisited Normandy, France, on the 80th D-Day anniversary, recalling his role in the historic invasion. 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