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June 06, 2008
Remember D-Day
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Art Carey remembers by talking to some of the veterans. Excerpt: A Girard College alumnus whose father died in a coal-mine accident when he was 3, Barletta enlisted in the Navy in January 1944 when he was 17. At 5-foot-2 and 120 pounds, he barely met the physical standards.There's a lot more. Michelle Malkin recommends reading Ronald Reagan's 1984 Pointe du Hoc speech. I did, and I especially liked this: We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars: It is better to be here ready to protect the peace than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.Glenn Reynolds had no less than three D-Day posts; one linking some great pictures of Normandy today by Nina Camic, another about how D-Day would be reported todayand a third one linking this post by Jennifer Rubin: One wonders if today the event would be characterized in the same way and whether over 10,000 Allied casualties in a single day would be reported as a great tragedy, a sign our military planners had failed us in some way.All of the above (and numerous other posts and articles) are worth reading in full, as it is a day we should all remember. One lingering question, though.... Why does Google consider the birthday of Diego Velázquez so much more important? (Um, not to knock the importance of Velázquez, but more people have heard of Bobby Kennedy, and today is the anniversary of his death. But I still think D-Day is more important. This in addition to Google's ongoing refusal to honor Memorial Day seems like a pattern.) posted by Eric on 06.06.08 at 09:48 PM
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When I graduated from Airborne School (10 years ago), a bunch of WWII vets who served in the 82nd were there. There was some event going on in the area, so I guess they decided to stop by our graduation. Some were wearing wings with 2, 3, and even 4 gold stars on them, indicating the number of times that they parachuted into combat. Several of them told us things such as "you're so much better than we were - you've already got 5 jumps completed. I only had 5 in my entire career." We were mostly 18 to 20 years old and found such gushing praise to be crazy. Now, looking it back, it amazes me to think about what those guys did (save the fricken world!) and to see how humble they are. Joseph Sixpack · June 7, 2008 03:42 PM Last yr. my wife and I visited Normandy, had a full day escorted tour (just the 2 of us). Visited the beaches and the American Cemetary. I walked on Omaha and Utah beaches. On Utah I stood where men died, and I cried. I am 61, and I cried for those men. lynndh · June 7, 2008 06:53 PM Post a comment
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Well, Google had a special logo for Veteran's Day last year.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos07.html