Richard W Black
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D-DAY – June 6, 1944

6/6/2016

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Some of my most profound memories of living in Normandy, France were the visits to the US military cemetery at Omaha Beach. No one can walk through the orderly rows of white grave markers, read the names on them and not come away changed. I can remember one clear blue day and standing on the spot where the first American Army squad reached the top where the German’s had their defenses. Looking down on the English Channel, I had a perfect view of the beach for a mile or so in all directions. I could not imagine how those men managed to find the courage to do what they did.
Freedom is never free and liberty left undefended is easily taken away. Free people often forget that principle until their freedoms are threatened or even ripped from them.
It is important to remember the D-Days of our history, those terrible days when courageous men and women fought and some died to keep us free from tyranny. Then, perhaps, we will appreciate it more and be less willing to surrender even the smallest our freedoms.
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