80 years since that very important day!
And another day where things got in the way and I didn’t write a proper post.
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Dogs are animals of integrity. We have much to learn from them.
80 years since that very important day!
And another day where things got in the way and I didn’t write a proper post.
Learning from Dogs 
Good morning, Paul. I’ve been having a few weeks of something getting in the way of me posting. But I am enjoying exploring and updating my travellist for 2025.
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Hallo Coreen. To travel to the Normandy beaches next year would be wonderful for you. I suspect you are a bit younger than me!
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D-Day…How the day unfolded: The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to change the course of World War II.
I was a kid at that time. The war did have an impact on me. The blackouts, people I knew fighting the war. And my grandmother, a ham operator, had contact with another operator in Germany, to find out the status of our town’s military “boys” fighting in the war. 🇺🇸 Christine
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I have just finished reading in our local paper: Last WWII vets converge on Normandy for fallen friends. It was a very moving account that included, “More than 4,400 Allied troops were killed on D-Day, including more than 2,500 Americans.” I was born a little later in 1944 so, I guess, you are a tad older than me!
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Paul, thanks for the added info. Yep, I was born in 1939. 😊
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Christine, then you most certainly were affected. And you telling of your grandmother who was a radio ham having contact, presumably using the Morse code, with a German ham. That article that I referred to went on to say: “But the presence of an ever-dwindling number of veterans keeps the commemorations real, inevitably raising questions about whether the memories, pathos and lessons of WWII will fade when they are gone.” One hopes not!
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Not likely forgotten. Memories will be kept alive. My second son in his early 60s, has had an interest in WWII history for years. Maybe one of my great-grand children will pick up the interest. There are plenty of movies to watch, too. 🇺🇸🎶
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What a great family you have, and I trust you are correct.
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Silent respect ok.
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Very much alright.
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