Some days just do not go as planned. Ever found yourself in that situation? Of course, most of us have at one point in time or another. Today is a very special day all across America, in fact around the world, that needed to be recognized from the early morning hours. Embrace the past that had a HUGE impact on the future of our nation!
This day shall not go unnoticed!
Early morning thoughts should have awoken to June 6, 1944. For on this day, American forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Thus began the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. This invasion was crucial to ending Hitler's sweep across the European continent and ending the war.
The effects of this war was felt all across America. While the homeland may not have incurred the devastation, it was still deeply rooted in perils resulting from death and depression. U.S. history's pages overflow with accounts where families on the home front were profoundly effected.
Remember our military, for theirs is the ultimate sacrifice!
June 6, 1944 is a date forever brandished as D-Day:
A mighty armada crossed the English Channel
between England and the Normandy beaches of France
liberating the Nazi grip on Western Europe.
Hundreds of thousands were killed,
wounded, or reported missing in action
during the Battle of Normandy.
The Longest Day
A vile campaign to end conquest
Sent our men into battle for liberation
Beaches under incessant fire
Marked heavy casualties and desecration
US Naval destroyers fired inland
Offering mortar support round after round
Seasick soldiers endured the dark, rough seas
To fervently welcome the sight of dry ground
Lowered ramps opened the doors ashore
But spent
bullets sprayed the open waters
Shells ricocheted off the landing
craft
Thousands
said goodbye to sons and daughters
Floating craft and soldiers faced heavy guns
Mounted firmly in concrete fortifications
Machine gun
fire from German infantry
Shattered Americans beyond
recognition
What seemed like insurmountable cliffs
Loomed eerily over open beaches
Lateral moves trampling broken bodies
Left pools of blood in freshly dug trenches
When darkness arrived, tracer bullets from a plane
When darkness arrived, tracer bullets from a plane
Lit up the
sky like a Fourth of July celebration
Reiterating what we were fighting
for—
Our homes, towns, freedom for
future generations
Memories will always reflect war's wrath—
Lives of
friend and foe lost along the way
Withstand sands of time embedded in the
terror
Of the
sights, the sounds, the smells of D-Day!
“I’m quite
positive we must give the order.
I don’t like it, but there it is.
Gentlemen, I
don’t see how
we can possibly do anything else…but go.”
(June 4, 1944)
The heroism and bravery displayed by troops from the Allied countries on D-Day has served as inspiration for several films, most famously The Longest Day (1962) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). It was also depicted in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers (2001).
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