Why weren't U.S. Marines deployed to the Normandy beaches on D-Day? If their purpose...?

Answer: I attended the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting in 1999–2000.​ One d.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why weren't U.S. Marines deployed to the Normandy beaches on D-Day? If their purpose is to project power from the sea, wasn't D-Day the kind of scenario they'd be useful for? William Sayers, Retired from a career of watching foreign military forces wail on each other. Updated Apr 30 I attended the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting in 1999–2000. One day, we walked into class and our prof (a retired Army officer) was writing on the board. He was listin... Read More » How accurate is the film: Argo? Mehrdad Dəmirçi, lives in Tehran, Iran Written Fri There are many inaccuracies in the movie but as an Iranian I'm just gonna share the most laughable mistake made. In the airplane scene after 5 min that they have took off fr... Read More » What is 6-4? Carl Joshua Quines Written Sat This is actually an interesting question, and I'm going to take this opportunity to talk about arithmetic. So, what is subtraction in the first place? What are 4 and 6? We h... Read More » Has anyone ever turned down a job offer from Google? If so, why? Phong Dinh, former SWE Intern at Google (2016) Written Feb 28 I interned at Google 2 times (2015 & 2016 summer). I rejected their full-time offer for multiple reasons: I have some particular preferences. At Google, if you accept your o... Read More » Why do press photographers always use flash, even outdoors? Rolando Gomez, Photographer, Author, Writer, Assignments in 45 Countries Written Fri As a photojournalist and professional photographer who's been on assignment in 45 countries, with my biggest tearsheet a cover story for PARADE magazine, circulation at the... Read More » If humans were born with 12 fingers, would math be based on base 12, and would that change much about what we have learned from science? Kevin White, COO/Principal Scientist at Akron Ascent Innovations Written Sat Yes! I actually lost a girlfriend over this very argument. I made (in my mind) a clear and concise argument, pointed out that there is a Native American culture that counts... Read More » What colors do color-blind people see? Rachel Anderson, Scientist, battle-pedant, feminist, reluctantly political Written Fri Colour blindness does not (usually) mean being unable to see colour. There are three types of colour blindness: Protanopia - reduced sensitivity to red wavelengths Deuteranopi... Read More » What would you do if you accidentally had a firearm on a plane? Patrick O'Donnell, Current Business Owner - pharmacies and distillary Updated Apr 25 Well, this happened to me. I carried a .357 revolver, with a 6-inch barrel, through TSA with 9,000 dollars in my bag. Got your attention? I didn't make it far. I was swarmed... Read More » Is this image of the Earth and the moon together real or Photoshopped? Rob Pettengill, Astrophotography, Knowledge management, Engineering Updated Oct 5 Sometimes a 'lil photoshopping can reveal the truth in an image… One of the reasons why the original real image looks fake is the smooth death-star-like appearance of the ba... Read More » What are Fourier transforms used for? Olof Smith, Technical Architect at SAS Institute Written Fri I remember asking myself this exact question while learning about Fourier transformation in university. I was horrified when finding out the answer! While on a sabbatical ye... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.