America is the Land of the Free… Because They Were Brave
June 6, 1944: On this day sixty-seven years ago, men of the United States and Allied Forces landed on a beach in northern France, in an epic battle to reclaim Europe from Hitler’s Nazi regime. Thousands would never leave the sands of Normandy alive.
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The rest would carry on through the coming battles in Europe and back to the homefront they successfully protected, a success made possible by the D-Day Invasion.
Today, on this anniversary of D-Day, remember the bravery of the thousands of men who went into battle to stop the Nazi cancer from spreading to our shores.
If you know a WWII veteran, please take a moment to thank them for their service and sacrifice, for keeping the flame of liberty alive, whether they were at Normandy, in the Pacific theatre or protecting their country state-side. Click the photo for a link to more D-Day information from the U.S. Army. (Photo credit: army.mil)
Astounding photograph. The men in these landing craft endured hell making it ashore. I think Saving Private Ryan was an accurate depiction.