D-day 1944 - 2012

[Spitfire]

68 years ago - a few hours from now...

Thank you!

 

[AmateisGal]

Such an amazing day in history, full of hope, bloodshed, terror, horror, courage and strength.

May we never forget.

 

[William Stratford]

Such courage. We lost many of the best of us in that war.

 

[KayEn78]

I know as long as I'm alive, I'll always remember what happened on June 6, 1944 and how important it was in history. So many don't care or care to know how special today is...

-Kristi

 

[J.W.]

Indeed, it is a major day in history and somehow, it doesn't get the necessary attention in the German news.

 

[TraditionalFrog]

As always on this date every year I listen to CBS News Coverage of D-Day, and reflect.... on a generation we, in the words of General Eisenhower "...may never see their like again". This is my grandparents generation... a generation who grew up facing the hardships and challenges of the Depression, and then when things seemed to be getting better marched off to War. It was this adversity that made them strong, it made them truly the Greatest Generation. To all those who fought on D-Day, my Grandpa included (D-Day +3), Thank you!!!

 

[Widebrim]

I even taught my 1st graders today a little bit about D-Day. Hopefully they will learn much more about it as they get older.

 

[Spitfire]

After supper, we were having our coffee, my wife said to me:
It makes you sad to think about, the amount of families who lost a son, a husband or a father on this very day - 68 years ago.
Let us never forget them. No matter where they lived. On both sides.

 

[splintercellsz]

I greatly appreciate what was done on this day! Many thanks to those whom participated in this world-wide conflict. With out this day, who knows where the modern world would be...

Also, if anyone is interested, here are some WWII pictures in color.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/

 

[Blackthorn]

Such an amazing day in history, full of hope, bloodshed, terror, horror, courage and strength.

May we never forget.

Indeed, may we never forget. There are 9,387 soldiers buried in the Normandy cemetery. I don't know if they are all from the Allies, or both sides, but the cost was huge.

 

[Spitfire]

I am afraid that the 9,387 buried, you mention, are "only" the americans at the US cemetery behind Omaha Beach.
Then you have lots of British and Canadian cemeteries. And a couple of very huge german ones too.

The German casualties were so immense and heavy, that some unknown were buried five together in one grave.

 

[Otter]

Sadly, two of them were my Mother's cousins both of whom were killed on the 6th, one on the beach one slightly inland. I belive both served in the Special Service Brigade.

 

[J.W.]

The sad thing is that the fighting continues around the globe.