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rich2741 · 06-13-2004, 07:32 PM

D-Day

DEPARTURE DAY

Upon the alter of liberty so many have surrendered their all this very day but 60 years ago.

Let us search out much older people (78 years and older) this day to thank them for their sacrifice, as the odds are very, very great they did serve, no matter where they were assigned.

So few of the great armada of men still survive. So many of us still retain meaningful, hopeful, happy lives because of these great men. What they accomplished was not through superior weaponry or numbers or tactics, but through their sheer will, their devotion to the most just of all causes, the freedom of man.

On the beaches of France they fell by the tens of thousands, the horror of hell on Earth as seen by none before. On the cliffs they could see the carnage for miles in every direction and wonder what has man wrought. It was not the numbers of the soldiers that won that day, it was the will of men that had lives of love back home, it was the anger of being trapped against a bunker gunner with more than 10,000 rounds to throw your way, it was the desperation that they simply could NOT fail if the world were to have even a chance, it was not the terror of dying by a single bullet, but by the real chance of having their bodies ripped apart, shredded against the sand and sea. On they went, over the carnage of bodies of men they spoke with minutes earlier. The tears that filled their eyes and souls that day must have been unbearable, they must have shook with shock at having made it. If they were among the lucky in the first waves.

This day of departing the free shores of England to arrive at deaths door must have been overwhelming, but the hearts of just and brave men were so much more forceful than any ordnance that day.

The blood of life given is that of spirit received. You departed to bring peace to a land this day, but many of you departed the land this day to bring peace to men's souls. In your sacrifice, you did succeed.

Bless you all... we will not forget the greatest generation ever.

written June 6, 2004 by RD

06-13-2004, 07:32 PM	#28
rich2741 Aggregate Aggravator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 17	D-Day DEPARTURE DAY Upon the alter of liberty so many have surrendered their all this very day but 60 years ago. Let us search out much older people (78 years and older) this day to thank them for their sacrifice, as the odds are very, very great they did serve, no matter where they were assigned. So few of the great armada of men still survive. So many of us still retain meaningful, hopeful, happy lives because of these great men. What they accomplished was not through superior weaponry or numbers or tactics, but through their sheer will, their devotion to the most just of all causes, the freedom of man. On the beaches of France they fell by the tens of thousands, the horror of hell on Earth as seen by none before. On the cliffs they could see the carnage for miles in every direction and wonder what has man wrought. It was not the numbers of the soldiers that won that day, it was the will of men that had lives of love back home, it was the anger of being trapped against a bunker gunner with more than 10,000 rounds to throw your way, it was the desperation that they simply could NOT fail if the world were to have even a chance, it was not the terror of dying by a single bullet, but by the real chance of having their bodies ripped apart, shredded against the sand and sea. On they went, over the carnage of bodies of men they spoke with minutes earlier. The tears that filled their eyes and souls that day must have been unbearable, they must have shook with shock at having made it. If they were among the lucky in the first waves. This day of departing the free shores of England to arrive at deaths door must have been overwhelming, but the hearts of just and brave men were so much more forceful than any ordnance that day. The blood of life given is that of spirit received. You departed to bring peace to a land this day, but many of you departed the land this day to bring peace to men's souls. In your sacrifice, you did succeed. Bless you all... we will not forget the greatest generation ever. written June 6, 2004 by RD