D-Day

Jimbo · 06-07-2002, 01:51 AM

My thanks and prayers for all of those who stormed Fortress Europe 58 years ago today. My solemn gratitude and sorrow for the 2,000 who did not live to see D-Day+1 and the many others who would die fighting in the difficult bocage country.

Imagine it is 58 years ago... Imagine you are alone in the night, separated from comrades, huddled in fear, waiting to link up with friendly forces and terrified that the cadence of approaching boots may bring death or capture rather than relief. I am so glad I didn't have to endure one of the thousands of hells experienced that night.

Gentlemen, my friends forgot you. No Spielberg movie to remind them this year. I pray the President did not forget you. But I will never forget how you freed an entire Continent, ended tyranny and destroyed an insidious evil. God bless you all.

Too bad their isn't a smiley for admiration, relief, sadness, pride and gratefulness all rolled in to one. The thought of this battle always overwhelms me with too many conflicting emotions. "Never again" is the one thought that always comes to mind. But where there is tyranny, and it regenerates time and again, young men of high moral character will be called upon to sacrifice themselves so that others can live free. How unfair. How sad. How I wish it would happen never again.

06-07-2002, 01:51 AM	#1
Jimbo User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SF CA Posts: 167 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	D-Day My thanks and prayers for all of those who stormed Fortress Europe 58 years ago today. My solemn gratitude and sorrow for the 2,000 who did not live to see D-Day+1 and the many others who would die fighting in the difficult bocage country. Imagine it is 58 years ago... Imagine you are alone in the night, separated from comrades, huddled in fear, waiting to link up with friendly forces and terrified that the cadence of approaching boots may bring death or capture rather than relief. I am so glad I didn't have to endure one of the thousands of hells experienced that night. Gentlemen, my friends forgot you. No Spielberg movie to remind them this year. I pray the President did not forget you. But I will never forget how you freed an entire Continent, ended tyranny and destroyed an insidious evil. God bless you all. Too bad their isn't a smiley for admiration, relief, sadness, pride and gratefulness all rolled in to one. The thought of this battle always overwhelms me with too many conflicting emotions. "Never again" is the one thought that always comes to mind. But where there is tyranny, and it regenerates time and again, young men of high moral character will be called upon to sacrifice themselves so that others can live free. How unfair. How sad. How I wish it would happen never again.