Sixty years ago today, American forces lead the Allied invasion to reclaim France from the occupying Nazis. They stormed the beaches at Normandy: Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Sword Beach, the Cotentin Peninsula, Utah Beach, Juno Beach and Gold Beach. They fought and died as patriots, and with their bodies and their blood, paved the path toward victory. Without that sacrifice, the world, as we know it today, would not exist.
"The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge — and pray God we have not lost it — that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest."
Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984.
I never fully understood the bravery and the sacrifice made by the American soldiers until I saw Saving Private Ryan. Another good source of history about D-Day is Britannica online presents Normandy.
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