D-Day
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June, 1944 was the most significant day of the 20th Century. It was a pivotal
moment in history that has forever changed our lives.
The
Third Reich was the greatest threat to mankind since we have walked upright. Nazism
was much more dangerous than the AIDS virus, than Global Warming, Prescription
Drug costs, or any of these trivial battles we concern ourselves with today.
General
Eisenhower initiated the magnificent event with the unpretentious declaration
of: 'Ok...lets go!' Shortly after those great words were spoken, Operation Overlord,
the largest and most important battle ever fought, commenced with a channel crossing
from the island of England, to the French beaches of Normandy. The Allies named
their landing areas Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold, and Juno. This breakthrough of Hitlers
Atlantic Wall onto the Nazi occupied continent of Europe, would be forever known
as D-Day, and changed history forever.
For
just a moment, I want you to think of everything you did today. The breakfast
you ate, the car you drove to work, the money you made, and the TV you are watching
now. Everything you know would not be, if not for those brave guys who made that
endeavor for you that day on those French beaches and in those hedgerows, many
making the ultimate sacrifice. Over two thousand Americans, British, Canadians,
and Australians died that first day, trading their lives for a single ambition...so
we could live free.
Now,
half a century later, we have entirely forgotten what they did for us. We do not
have a national holiday honoring them, or even teach the event in school. I just
want you to think about those guys for a moment today, we simply cant disregard
what they did for us.
I
appreciate you letting me get on my soapbox for this; it bothers me that we forget.
On
that note I will cease. As the Free-French soldiers said to those Nazi creeps
that morning the Allies arrived:
Au
revoir!
--Stacy
Some
motivation from the General
 "Ok...let's
go!" | |
The D-Day Battle Map
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