We can't thank you enough. The world can't thank you enough.
Those of you who made it back and especially those who did not.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
God Bless the American and Allied Attack Force of D-Day and Their Families
Those who stormed the beaches. Those who rode gliders into occupied territory. Those who parachuted in behind enemy lines. All of them.
We can't thank you enough. The world can't thank you enough.
Those of you who made it back and especially those who did not.
We can't thank you enough. The world can't thank you enough.
Those of you who made it back and especially those who did not.
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Never have so many owed so much to so few.... we are so blessed we are not speaking German.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder about these pivotal moments in time. Was God involved? Is God involved now? I believe DJ Trump being elected is another pivotal moment that stems the tide of evil a bit longer. I believe DJ Trump knows a LOT more about this than he has even let on so far. I believe his family knows too and it is why they are so steadfast in their support for America and so able to take the pounding from the left (adolescent as it is) with such grace, maturity and resolve.
DeleteGod is always involved.
DeleteHe's just not obvious about it.
I'm down with that Ed. The Earth is a study in Good vs Evil from day 1 to the end times I believe.
DeleteMy dad and my friend Nate were there.
ReplyDeleteThat action was far more heroic than any battle against Mordor.
Ed, I hope they came back. I wonder how many of those men felt America was in jeopardy or were they willing to go put it on the line for the Europeans. Many joined because of Japan's attack and I have to wonder about the thoughts of those in the European theater. My Dad walked Italy, France, and Germany as an Army infantry Sergeant and never said anything about it outside of a few humorous tales.
DeleteThe UK has a powerful annual “Remembrance Day”; a day when all the nation’s fallen are remembered from conflicts beginning with World War I. The ceremony is good enough to bring a tear to your eye. My father in law stood chest-deep in seawater for three days at Dunkirk; he later fought in North Africa and on the Italian peninsula. There is one difference I’ve noticed between the Hollywood production war films and how they’re done here in England: Hollywood (and game makers) glorify war, while the British simply tell the story of ordinary men serving at extraordinary times. Someone commented at AOW’s blog, ‘The greatest of men,’ ... hard to argue with that.
ReplyDeleteMustang, I can't even use my imagination to understand what most of them went through.
DeleteYessir! They had tough jobs... but maybe not quite as tough as Lebron's.
ReplyDeleteDaBlade. Yea. or colon krapernick.
DeleteTruly the Greatest Generation.
ReplyDeleteOdie, Yes sir, a hard life.
DeleteThe're my heroes and they always will be.
ReplyDeleteCube, Me too. My Dad and his band of brothers. I thought very highly of all of them.
DeleteI had uncles –– and family friends –– who fought in that war. One of them died after being tortured in a Japanese prison camp –– they had inserted sliver of bamboo underneath his fingernails and set them on fire –– among other things.
ReplyDeleteThe uncles who made it home, married, had kids, did well in business, and led nomal lives, but they never talked about the war. They only wanted to forget it as quickly as possible. Could you blame them?
I never dared ask them what they would have done if they had known the unbelievable horror they would be required to face. I do know this: they never thought of themselves as "heroes." They were just guys caught up in a terrible situation who did what they knew they HAD to do.
One of our family friends, still alive at 97, who saw action in the Pacific, is still cursing "The GOD-DAMNED JAPS" to this very day. He was absolutely INCENSED when I bought a Toyota after the 1972 gas crisis only because it was inexspensive, and had the highest MPG rating at the time. He wouldn't speak to me for months. He still think supporting anything Japanese is tantamount to TREASON. I guess you'd feel that way too if your ship had gotten shot out from under you by a KAMIKAZE sucide pilot. It was a miracle he was rescued after spending many floating hours in a lifejacket in the middle of the Pacific.
The doctor who brought me into the world was not so lucky. He was killed when his ship was blown to pieces by a Japanese torpedo. His body was never found.
VERY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE GOING'S ON FT.
DeleteThe Japs did "beyond evil" things to POW's.
FT: "I do know this: they never thought of themselves as "heroes." They were just guys caught up in a terrible situation who did what they knew they HAD to do."
DeleteI often regret how this point of view is usually overlooked. On memorial days I try to remember the guys who weren't heroes too.
As for the Japanese -- trouble is, they make such bloody good cameras.