Overlord

Code name for the invasion of northwest Europe in June, 1944. Actually what we know as D-Day was just part of it. That night and morning on June 6 have become legend.

Study all the history. Learn everything you can about it. There are fewer men left who participated all the time. I hear only 20 are visiting for the 65th anniversary.

It will soon be left to us to remember and carry on. If you know a WW2 vet, talk to them. Let them tell you what happened for the sake of truth, for the sake of what may happen to us. Such is history. It can be real or the musings of those who would make events their pet for their own manipulation. There are those who want to take custody of our past in order to fashion a travesty for the future.

There is so much more to what we call D-Day than I could write about even in a book. The planning, supplies, men and the brilliant intel job are intricate and the stories varied. Yet that day, June 6, it boiled down to men on the line. Killing and getting killed. Watching themselves.

At that moment, there is no flag, no home, nothing but fighting through. Some died instantly at the landings. Many more died on the beach. Those who continued to live had a job to do. It was the job at hand. Live and fight through. Get off the beach.

Don't get me wrong. Family and country motivated most of them. That was always at the back of their minds. But to preserve that country and get back to that family etc, they had to fight through. So it was before June 6 and then and ever since. So it will be for all of us.

How dare I, a mere civilian speak of what these guys did and thought? I base it on knowing many of them over time. Perhaps those who have fought more recently would support this view of combat.

I appreciate it. Sacrifice that ultimately led to the defeat of a great evil. Of course, the fight against evil isn't even remotely over. Communism is NOT dead. Just look at our commie usurper to the presidency, for instance.

We must stand as that generation did against enemies of Freedom.

Be inspired by that resolve to fight through. It led to the defeat of that particular evil. So it will now with our share of the battle.

When we 'are in it', all else will be there but at that moment, we will fight through.

Will we not?

If we fight through, we can defeat that which seeks to destroy the Republic. There won't be as many civilians then.

War is total. It encompasses an effort shared by many, in many positions.

I dare to speak of such things because I will do my part, whatever that may be.

What will you do?