6 June

6 June 1944. D-Day. Unfortunately, the significance of this date is fading from our collective memory as the population that lived through this momentous day leaves this mortal coil.

D-Day, known for the allied invasion from England, across the English Channel and to the shores of Normandy, placed the forces of the democracies in France. Those who study these matters know it was an incredible feat of arms. My late father-in-law, who was in the embarcation ports in southern England, told me he remembers that, from horizon to horizon, the sky was filled with aircraft headed to England.

D-Day. It indicates the day of a military action. There were many "D-Days". Africa. Italy. Gaudalcanal. Peleliu. Okinawa. Iwo Jima. Anzio. Attu. Kiska. Leyte.

On 6 June, let us remember all of those "D-Days" and all of those men who offered up the ultimate sacrifice, that we might today enjoy our freedoms and follies.