Posted on 06/05/2017 9:43:17 PM PDT by pboyington
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I’m watching “The Longest Day” now even though it has been only a few weeks since the last time.
Never die, true. Never forgotten? When was the last time D-Day or WWII was taught in an American Middle or High School history class? Do they even teach American History any more?
To the Eastern Europeans it was hardly a “crusade”; it led to almost half a century of suppression of Christianity.
That was why so many supported the Axis to begin with; they knew what Stalin was, and fought tooth and nail to prevent communist revolutions in their countries (years before WWII even started).
D-Day was YUGE! Raw power wresting those incredibly well defended beaches away from the Nazis. All that loss of life. An incredible win for the Allies. Amazing.
Found my stray kitten 8 years ago today. We call her D-Day.....(among other things)
Let’s not forget D-Day in Okinawa. The North African campaign. The Sicilian campaign. Coral Sea then Midway. Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Tarawa. Iwo Jima, The Philippines. And much much more.
bkmk
While I agree with your premise, I can't help but think that it was the baby-boomer generation that produced them.
Not really sure who's to blame or if that's just a natural human timeline playing out. But I don't see it here, in rural coastal NC. I see good kids prolly more like these boys and men who jumped the beach on D-Day. Just good American kids.
Methinks the 24/7/365 news cycles keep the negative in our faces while the "good kids" down the screet are sometimes overlooked.
One can hope. d:^)
ML/NJ
Thank you. For D-Day I’m sending FDR’s message to everyone on my email list.
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.
They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.
They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest — until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the violences of war.
For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.
Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.
And for us at home — fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them — help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.
Many people have urged that I call the nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.
Give us strength, too — strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.
And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.
And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment — let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.
With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace — a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.
Thy will be done, Almighty God.
Amen.
Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944
Bkmk
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