70 years since D-Day. Amazing. To many of those few still alive, it is probably like it was yesterday.
From www.army.mil:
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded — but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
I have a friend whose father was killed during the invasion of Normandy. She was fortunate enough to go to France for the 60th anniversary to see his grave. She and her daughter both stood there bawling. She had never known her father. How many children grew up without fathers because of WWII?
