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Remembering D-Day
Today is the 62nd anniversary of what is commonly referred to as D-Day. Most of you know what that means but for those too young or who don’t know, a good page for reference on D-Day is the Encyclopedia Britannica:
[D]uring World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944 all of northern France was liberated, and the invading forces reorganized for the drive into Germany, where they would eventually meet with Soviet forces advancing from the east to bring an end to the Nazi Reich.
On the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984, the late President Ronald Reagan gave a stirring speech which should be remembered today:
We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but forty years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. At dawn, on the morning of the 6th of June, 1944, two hundred and twenty-five Rangers jumped off the British landing craft and ran to the bottom of these cliffs.
Their mission was one of the most difficult and daring of the invasion: to climb these sheer and desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. The Allies had been told that some of the mightiest of these guns were here, and they would be trained on the beaches to stop the Allied advance.
The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers at the edge of the cliffs, shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb. They shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to pull themselves up. When one Ranger fell, another would take his place. When one rope was cut, a Ranger would grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back, and held their footing. Soon, one by one, the Rangers pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm land at the top of these cliffs, they began to seize back the continent of Europe. Two hundred and twenty-five came here. After two days of fighting, only ninety could still bear arms.
And behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the Ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. And before me are the men who put them there. These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. And these are the heroes who helped end a war. Gentlemen, I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen Spender’s poem. You are men who in your “lives fought for life and left the vivid air signed with your honor.”
You can read and/or listen to it to the entire speech here.
Here’s a salute to D-Day veterans – to those who made it home, and to those who lost their lives that summer.
Also blogging about D-Day: AllahPundit at HotAir, Rick Moran, Super Fun Power Hour, Compass Points, Baseball Crank
PM Update: Blackfive has a moving post to share, and includes a lengthy link roundup of other bloggers who are honoring D-Day vets today.
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We, the people of the United States, have enjoyed the blessings of liberty won by the conscientious efforts of those who were willing to fight, and die, for peace. From our comfortable quality of life, it is difficult to imagine running onto a beach under a hail of bullets.
The rule of law protects the weak from the violence of the powerful, but only as far as laws are enforceable. When predators violate laws and cause injury, victims can either submit or resist. History indicates submission and appeasement only invites further aggression.
The Rangers found the guns were inoperable, not capable of raining down mass destruction upon the troops below. No reasonable person claimed that the whole invasion was a fraud, instigated by FDR, to attack Germany in retaliation for Japan’s terrorist attack on Pearl Harbor. People understood that aggression had to be stopped, if not by words and treaties, than by actions.
Peace marches, protest songs, and good intentions have as much impact upon the violence of men as they have on the violence of nature’s storms, floods, and fires. It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.
Omapian you had better check your history those Rangers encountered heavy fire from the Germans on the cliffs and you are right the Rangers found the casemates empty of the big guns. The Germans had moved the guns south some 550 yards from the casemates and the guns were zeroed in on Utah Beach with a German force of some 100 men. Two Rangers using thermite grenades melted the guns elevating and traversing mechanisms rendering the guns immovable. So those two Rangers saved countless lives on Utah Beach.
The rest of your history of WW2 is so wrong it isn’t funny; we did not attack Germany in retaliation for Japan’s attack of Pearl Harbor.
Omapian said;
Peace marches, protest songs, and good intentions have as much impact upon the violence of men as they have on the violence of nature’s storms, floods, and fires. It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.
How dare you compare the “Peace at Any Price” crowd with the men and women (some dead and some still alive) that have fought for the freedoms we enjoy in this country. The freedoms the give you the right to hold your Peace Marches which only undermine our men and women still fighting for freedom. The men and women that have served in the military have done more by accident in a minute than you and the rest of the peace at any price crowd have done in your stinking life time. You and your kind spew you garbage all the time why can’t you keep it to yourselves on just a few days out of the year when we honor real hero’s.
ornomapian,
You are completely ignorant of the world. You have learned nothing from Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain helped cause WW2 by his peace at all costs appeasment of Hitler. Look at what it cost. MILLIONS of lives.
Your peace marches sure fared well in Tienamen square. The Chiese Army and Tanks won that battle.
You are only free to be edited. because of the men and women who fought and died for your freedom to be such a edited..
Hmmm…unless I’m missing something, I don’t interpret omapian’s musings the same way y’all are. I know I’ve seen the name here before, but can’t recall anything he (she? it?) said, so maybe you’re right and this person has been a leftist poster before, but I read the post and got a different perspective. The statement:
It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.
I read as meaning that protests don’t do squat, you need to resist violence with the violent actions of good and moral people (such as our soldiers) in order to protect the weak. Especially in light of this statement:
History indicates submission and appeasement only invites further aggression.
So, I didn’t read into the post what you did obviously. And the statement that the Rangers not finding the guns appears to be damning of the types of people who take every little intel hiccup and use it to disparage the entire war, not supportive of that mindset.
So, unless omapian has a history I’m unaware of, you might be a tad overly reactionary here. But then, I could be completely wrong too.