Friday, June 06, 2014

D-Day remembrance

Exactly 70 years ago many soldiers from all over the free world took part in D-Day, aka the Normandy landing which aim was to free the French - and all occupied countries - from nazi Germany. It was also the largest seaborne invasion in history. All this week there has been several events to commemorate this historical day, but tomorrow is, of course, the highlight of the week. I anticipated it, so I took a photo of the unknown soldier before my departure. They already had flowers around the tomb that they normally don't have outside commemoration periods.

9 comments:

  1. Thank you, Eric. A beautiful and fitting photo for the historic day. On my first visit to France I spent a day touring Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Caens, a very moving experience.

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  2. Beautiful photo. Here in Albuquerque the last of the original 29 Navajo code talkers died yesterday at age 93. We are losing the brave WWII generation, to whom we owe so much.

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  3. Just right for the day, Eric. We lose more and more of those vets each day.

    Someday I must walk those five beaches at Normandy for myself.

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  4. Honoring all who served and died for our freedom! Thank you!

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  5. The beaches, the museums, the cemeteries... it is indeed very moving to see and understand this story.

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  6. Driving into work this morning I was listening to a radio programme coming from Arromanches in Normandy which I found quite moving. One veteran was talking about the time he came upon the body of a dead German soldier and remembered "he was just a young lad, just like one of us"

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  7. Such a fitting photo for today—thanks, Eric!

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  8. As I've posted elsewhere, I am always grateful to and charmed by the French and their continued thankfulness to Americans for the events of D-Day and the liberation months later.

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