Saturday, June 6, 2009

"If We Have to Die, Let's Die on the Hill": Voices of American Heroes at D-Day

Today marks the 65th anniversary of D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, the day that American and British forces gained a foothold on Nazi-occupied France and began a march to Berlin that resulted in the liberation of Europe.

That day's price of freedom was 9,000 killed or wounded, about 6,600 of whom were Americans. The invasion involved 160,000 troops, 5,000 ships, and 13,000 aircraft, representing huge inputs of American natural resources, industry, labor, and treasure.

Today, like every other day of late, many people are worried that our generation of Europeans and Americans are squandering the freedoms purchased with such terrible sacrifices.

The words of the American heroes who fought on the beaches of Normandy are worth considering, always, but especially the next time someone explains to you why it is okay for American leaders to be apologizing for America, and why it is a bad idea for America to have military strength:

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