74 years ago today

[nstoolman1]

 

 

On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to begin freeing northwestern Europe from under the boot of Nazism. Although it was a decisive Allied victory that changed the course of World War II, thousands of courageous young men gave their lives on those beaches in northern France. The U.S. National D-Day Memorial Foundation has verified that 2,499 Americans and 1,914 from other Allied nations were killed on that day — a total of 4,413 Allied deaths.

War photographers accompanied the infantrymen as they disembarked from landing crafts and ran headfirst into enemy fire. Pictures of that pivotal battle are a sober reminder of the courage, resolve and selflessness needed to fight fascism and the debt subsequent generations owe to the GI Generation. Today, across the globe, men and women honor the sacrifice made by a few good men to liberate Europe and defeat fascism. (Michael Walsh/Yahoo News)

 

 

 

May God bless all the solders who lived and died on that fateful day.  

 

Thank you.       

[bigwave]

I know a guy the spearhead the beach.

 

He did not change his clothes for 9 once he got there.

 

[umbertino]

 

As an European ( and Citizen of a Country under nazi-fascism even if I wasn't yet born...But my parents were already alive and young at the time so I was told stories about it )  I can only be grateful and say THANK YOU

Edited June 8, 2018 by umbertino