When we visited the cemetery at Normandy we spoke with a man in a wheelchair being assisted by his granddaughter He was a survivor of the Longest Day. We had been struck by the young ages of all those named on the grave markers., and mentioned that to our new acquaintance. He looked at us, tears running down his cheeks, and said, "we were all so young." We shed a tear, also..
Great article Joel! I have also been to the Normandy Beaches and Pointe du Hoc. It is humbling beyond words on what they accomplished that day. The sacrifice and their dedication and love of Country and comrade must have willed them forward because the vast openness of the beaches is indescribable and to think there was a hail of machine gun and mortar fire directed right at them. My admiration is off the chart. Everyone should go to the cemetery and walk the headstones and if in good enough shape, run from the water to the berm on Omaha or Utah Beach. Thank you again for sharing your story.
Thanks to you, Joel, and to Runt & the hundreds of thousands of others who served and sacrificed for our country. Our country paid quite a price during the war, but no greater than Europe paid.
When we visited the cemetery at Normandy we spoke with a man in a wheelchair being assisted by his granddaughter He was a survivor of the Longest Day. We had been struck by the young ages of all those named on the grave markers., and mentioned that to our new acquaintance. He looked at us, tears running down his cheeks, and said, "we were all so young." We shed a tear, also..
Nice article Joel.
Great article Joel! I have also been to the Normandy Beaches and Pointe du Hoc. It is humbling beyond words on what they accomplished that day. The sacrifice and their dedication and love of Country and comrade must have willed them forward because the vast openness of the beaches is indescribable and to think there was a hail of machine gun and mortar fire directed right at them. My admiration is off the chart. Everyone should go to the cemetery and walk the headstones and if in good enough shape, run from the water to the berm on Omaha or Utah Beach. Thank you again for sharing your story.
Thanks to you, Joel, and to Runt & the hundreds of thousands of others who served and sacrificed for our country. Our country paid quite a price during the war, but no greater than Europe paid.