There is no more of an appropriate day than Sunday, as many Americans are involved in worship services, to reflect on June 6, 1944. On this date 66 years ago, the Anglo-American democracies led by the United States, along with Free French forces, conducted the largest combat amphibious invasion in history.
Embarking upon a mission to preserve a way of life we continue to enjoy today, places such as Utah, Omaha, Gold, and Pointe du Hoc saw many men, in the dawn of their lives, make the ultimate sacrifice. Today, these locations throughout Normandy serve as shrines as to how the power of liberty, based in morality, can succumb the fortified cliffs of tyrants and even the massive firepower of evil.
Though many that survived the horrors of war as they defeated Nazi Germany are no longer with us, let us continue to commemorate and honor their sacrifice.
James White
