Well put Bruce. I find it somewhat disconcerting that there is no mention of
the
significance of this date in the local newspaper, nor has it been mentioned on
radio news. 10 years ago it was a front-page issue, but times change and it
seems
people forget - or worse- just don't care anymore.
Ed (yes, my flag IS flying today)
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> To All on this List : I hope we all might pause for a few moments to
> remember all the brave men who landed on, flew over, or sailed their ships
> to some beaches in France, with names like Omaha ..... Sword .....Utah
> ..... Juno ..... Gold ..... on this day in June, fifty seven years ago ......
> Many of them returned to their homes in America and the Allied
> countries . MANY NEVER DID . It is not an exaggeration to state
> that we owe our very lives and our freedom to all of those brave souls ......
> It doesn' t matter if you were alive back then or not ...... if you
> meet one of those surviving Vets from "The Greatest Generation", you
> might want to try shaking their hand, or simply saying " Thank You ! "
> That is SO little for what they gave us . Think about it .
> " The Wages of War are Young Men's Lives "
>
> Bruce D. Ferguson
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