No one cares this is the anniversary?


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/

I kept thinking all day that someone else would do this.

There was a lot of blood left on the beaches in France this day 60 years ago so Europe would be free from oppression.

There was a special this morning on History Channel, where one survivor, barely 17 years old that day tearfully described his fallen comrades and his realization that he narrowly escaped death.

We owe these soldiers, living and dead, a debt of gratitude.
albertporter
Just finished a great book related to the subject titled "Flyboys" by James Brady

Http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316743798/qid=1086573967/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-4258534-8483200?v=glance&s=books
Albert there is no tribute that is high enough, no honor too great for the people that poured out their youth and blood on the beaches of France 60 years ago today. It brings tears to my eyes to see and hear what selfless HERO'S did for the sake of others (not to their own honor and glory) so that others could live free of the evil or Nazism.

I thank the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or even brothers of those here that served on those awful days. I hate to say it, but I'm not sure we are of the same caliber as those men. I think it was Peter Jennings (a complete buffoon) who called them "The Greatest Generation." This does not begin to expose their greatness.

I say this as one whose mother was suffering under Nazi rule in Germany. Thank you America, Canada, UK, and Australia, for the sacrifice of blood and surrender of childhood that to this day teaches us what it means to be a man of honor.
I am watching the "winds of War" in honor thereof. If any of you out there have not had the opportunity to watch this series or better yet read the book (by Herman Wouk)you are missing one of the finest historical(emphasis on historical) fiction novels ever published. If this subject matter means something to you I think you might gain a whole new perspective on the events that led up to and finally concluded WWII.