D-Day took place 65 years ago.
That means that a 20 year old soldier then, is a 85 year old veteran today.
We have had our minds occupied by the 'war footing' we are on today. It's not even close to what was happening in Europe and the Pacific Island then.
I am probably wrong by saying this, but today we get a blurb on the news and the 'talk/news' shows that give a 20 second moment to a soldier that was recently killed in the Iraqi/Afghan theater. A nice way to remember them.
Go back to the numbers that the government has regarding the number of men that were killed in Normandy and there is no way to acknowledge each and everyone of them and what they did to end the war.
It the last time the planet was acting stupid and we had to kill each other, in the thousands, to prove that without wars, there is no peace.
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My mom was the best at letting me into what went on during those years here in the states and how people lived, while others died far away from home.
I had uncles and cousins who I never got to meet, because of that war.
It's only fair that we remember them, not because the were related to us-but becuase of what they did and what they gave, so we could sit here all these years later and give them a moment of our time.
Thanks to all the people who fought those many years ago and to the people who supported them at home.
Amen.
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