58 Years Later

[Gimpy]

I am still in awe of what transpired on this date, this evening all those years ago!

Thousands of crack Airborne troops of the 82nd Airborne & 101st Airborne were flying into "harms way" to make certain that us and all our children and grandchildren in our country would have this oportunity to sit here at this keyboard and live productive and meaningful lives in FREEDOM!

God bless them all. And, ALL the hero's of D-day and all the battles before and after this one in WWII. They were (and still are) truly the GREATEST GENERATION of ANY Century!

We can NEVER repay what they have given us.

[DMZ-LT]

What Gimp said. I'll be raising a glass tonight to my Dad , your Dads and all the men and women that rode the tip of the spear in WWII. My daughters and I stand honored and proud. National Geographic magazine put out a special issue on D- Day this month rather than wait till the 60th anniversary because the veterans of this war are dying so fast they wanted to get this issue out now for those that are still with us. Thank you Dad , love you, rest in peace .

[Drywall]

To my Dad and my uncles and all the rest, all gone now, may you rest in peace. I too shall raise a glass and observe a moment of silent rememerance.

Still miss you, dad.

[StoneDogDave]

I for one can say that I appreciate (understatement) the valor of those "Band of brothers". It also seems a poetic Justice. Only 4 years earlier (June 4) the army of Great Britain was leaving the beach of Dunkirk in disarray and now here they were en masse striking back.
Which leads to another thread.... Did the Allies wait on the 2nd front hoping that the Soviets would do the job or die trying? Was Stalin correct in his assumptions of the same?:confused: