Two years running that this sorry excuse for a President has ignored D-day.. And his staff must be,as bad.
Disgusting Fraud
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Be prepared to be overwhelmed with emotions. Wait until you see Pointe du Hoc and the American cemetery.. I strongly recommend reading the Bedford Boys, the men from a small town in Virginia who were shock troops. The D-Day Memorial is there, as the town of 3,000 sacrificed such a large percentage of its young men. I was fortunate to visit it with a veteran from Somerville who was in the first wave.I'll be visiting Omaha Beach in July. Been reading up on the landing. It came down to the grit and determination of the ones that somehow got off the beach.
View from Strongpoint 73. They were sitting ducks.
I worked for years with an infantry soldier who was in the third wave. He was wounded twice in France, once in a bayonet fight and the second time hit by shrapnel which almost killed him. I said to him "Mike, if someone came at me with a bayonet, I think I would faint dead away." He replied "No, you would fight like you never fought before." The voice of experience.
Biden's ignoring D-day is simply a disgusting disgrace. I expect little of him and he never disappoints.
Just flew home last night.
The visit to the D-Day sights was poignant.
We did not get to Point du Hoc, but did see the Mulberry Harbor, Colleville cemetery, Coleville draw, Vierville draw, and drove through Coleville, St. Laurent, and Vierville. The churches and surrounding areas in those towns were exactly as described in the book "Omaha". the hedgerows are just like I had seen in photos, movies, and news reels.
I have yet to read "Bedford Boys" but will.
I was unfamiliar with the Mulberry Harbor and found that fascinating.
We had a brief wreath laying ceremony at the Cemetery. After the wreath was placed, the cemetery representative asked all veterans to step forward. About 20 of us from our group emerged and shook hands. I had been travelling with these folks for a week and up to that point no one knew among us that we were vets. There was an instantaneous bond at that moment that is hard to describe.
The cemetery rep (French woman) paid tribute to the fallen but also asked s to remember those that survived and carried the burden of the memories for all their lives.
It is clear the French people are eternally grateful for what America did and the sacrifices made to liberate them. Other touring to sites associated with the Resistance were equally poignant. In particular, Lyon and Viviers. We had a 70 year guide in Viviers. She attended Clause Barbie's trial in Lyon. Her mother sheltered Jews, allied soldiers, and resistance operatives. I suspect there was more to the the story but did not probe further. Viviers is a tiny town. They erected a large statue of St. Michael on the mountaintop to honor the Allies.
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