Quote:
Originally Posted by upthesaukee
"...As a society, we are too complacent and Pride in America has waned, in my opinion...Of course, those who gave their lives at D-Day and countless other battles in the years to come are the reason we do have this forum. So, thanks to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and thanks to those who lived to tell us about it..."
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1) We are
indeed too complacent: US defense secrets appear on the front pages of today's newspapers.
2) Months before D-Day, General Eisenhower kept secret the disastrous news of a one-day "practice invasion", which lead to the deaths of 700 US servicemen on a beach in England.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3656939.stm
(The actual D-Day landing sites were truly remarkable in that they were kept so successfully secret).
3) D-Day also featured tanks that floated themselves ashore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD_tank
4) My Dad (now) talks of his WWII experiences. (In an endeavor more dangerous than infantry and losing
five aircraft in WWII operations).
5) Thanks, too, to those
non-combatants in my own family who readily tell of the hardships endured during the London Blitz—and of the invasion by National Socialists—and resultant starvation in Holland.
To me, the telling of such personal experiences is a regular reminder of how
dithering by our government's leadership can have incredibly disastrous consequences.