We should always remember (1 Viewer)

[timschochet]

In these days of great division, there once was a time when this country was united to defeat evil. Perhaps our greatest single moment of that fight occurred 76 years ago today on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944- D-Day. 
While it was a combined effort of the Allied forces, we had to lead it. The British were terrified of what might happen; they kept trying to talk us out of it. They would have preferred letting the Soviets do everything or maybe the Nazis would eventually starve and surrender in ten years time; they could live with that, even if meant years more of Europe living under terror. 

But we Americans were frustrated by the ambiguous end of World War I, and we also had the wisdom of Generals  William Tecumsah Sherman and Ulysses S Grant  to guide us: finish the job. No matter how bloody it gets, finish it, and then come home. So that’s what we did, and the sacrifice of our brave men secured the freedom which both we and Western Europe have enjoyed ever since. 
 

President Donald J Trump, in the finest tradition of American Presidents, tweeted today: 

We pause to remember and honor all of the brave soldiers, sailors and airmen whose selfless sacrifices catalyzed the deliverance of oppressed people and secured freedom for decades to come. May we always be true to the virtues and principles for which this D-Day generation- the Greatest Generation- paid so dearly. 
 

Thank you and well said, Mr. President. 

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944- D-Day. 

Let’s not forget the War in the Pacific also, the Battle for the Marianas was underway then too. GBA.

 

[wikkidpissah]

if one knows better, agreeing to be human fodder - not putting oneself at risk in war, but being the wave that's virtually certain to "get it" so the next wave won't - for the betterment of mankind is nearly incomprehensible to me. it is my guess that is the case now for most of the first world. i honestly don't know if we are better off, more "evolved", for the lack of that kind of heroism or not, and i've spent many fugitive hours mulling on the subject. nonetheless, i can not be more impressed with human beings than i am by the ones who fully met that moment and hope to honor their memory within the measure of all i do

 

[timschochet]

if one knows better, agreeing to be human fodder - not putting oneself at risk in war, but being the wave that's virtually certain to "get it" so the next wave won't - for the betterment of mankind is nearly incomprehensible to me. it is my guess that is the case now for most of the first world. i honestly don't know if we are better off, more "evolved", for the lack of that kind of heroism or not, and i've spent many fugitive hours mulling on the subject. nonetheless, i can not be more impressed with human beings than i am by the ones who fully met that moment and hope to honor their memory within the measure of all i do

Nobody expects to be human fodder. Almost none of the men who landed at the beaches knew where they were headed. They certainly were unaware of the risks involved until they got there. Once they got there, it’s hard to act cowardly when your fellow buddies are all around you. So they pretended to be brave and, as a result, they were.