Sixty-six years ago today, the tide of the greatest war in mankind's history (to date) was turned in favor of the Western Allies. It's been said that we were victorious that day "only because of sheer numbers ... they ran out of bullets before we ran out of men." Having watched the 10-part series "WWII in HD" last weekend on the History Channel, I finally get it. That statement is right ... it's amazing to me that some people actually survived being in the various waves of men who landed on that fateful beach ... it's amazing to me, too, that some are willing to talk about it, to verbally relive the horrors they faced that day. The following are accounts by soldiers who are willing to talk about their memories of that day.
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- **GANDALF THE WHITE said..."Other evils there are that may come... Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule"
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why didn't you do a commemorative post about your being banned from Ravelry?
Posted by: Haha | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Because Ravelry no longer holds any importance of any kind to me, and I have no desire to give them any further traffic than they've already garnered. They don't deserve my time.
The 66th anniversary of D-Day, however, deserves a moment of silence and respect for those American soldiers who fell, those who survived, and the families of all involved. It was an important, if horrific, day that changed the course of history. That is worth my time. The twits that run Ravelry ... meh ... not so much.
Posted by: MizDi | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at 05:00 PM