My Town Monday: To Honor the Fathers and The Mothers
Saturday was the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Many men and women on both sides of the Pond, from all walks of life experienced things that changed their lives in ways they could not have imagined. They were from all walks of life; from cities and from villages. They wore olive drab and navy blue, uniforms, work clothes and house dresses. They lived in the dark at night, and spent hours in shelters. They experienced shortages of food, clothing and fuel.
Their courage and their stories have no boundaries. They teach us that we do live in the same town, on this beautiful blue planet we call Earth.
Please click here and here to read about my family’s experiences at that time.
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Travis Erwin runs the My Town Monday marquis. Wander on there to see what he has to say.
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Patti Abbott said,
June 8, 2009 @ 9:02 am
Sometimes it seems like every American generations must have a war.
Travis Erwin said,
June 8, 2009 @ 2:31 pm
My grandfather was a medic in WWII but he didn’t hit the shores until after D-Day.
OldOldLady Of The Hills said,
June 8, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
The things that so many people lived through during WW2..or, in fact..ALL the Wars…In my lifetime, there was WW2 and The Korean War and The Vietnam War, and so on and so on….Too many lives lost and changed forever…..WW2 was certainly the war that everyone was behind in this country….We weren’t bombed but we lived with lots of restrictions—nothing that wasn’t bearable though—But, relatives perished in concentration camps…most of my mothers family…And after the war, I remember her Cousin coming over from Germany, having been liberated from a conxentration camp….He and his Nephew stayed at our house…It is something I will never forget.They were the only two people in their immediare family’s who survived.
The sacrifeces made by so very many are uncalclable….
I read your two links—both very touching Debra.
Barrie Summy said,
June 9, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
What a wonderful idea for a MTM post.