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9Local politics, the county, and the world, as viewed by Tammy Maygra Tammy’s views are her own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Bill Eagle, his pastor, Tammy’s neighbors, Wayne Mayo, Betsy Johnson, Brad Witt, Former President Trump, Henry Heimuller, Joe Biden, Pat Robertson, Ted Cruz, Joe Biden’s dogs, or Claudia Eagle’s Cats. This Tammy’s Take (with the exception of this disclaimer) is not paid for or written by, or even reviewed by anyone but Tammy and she refuses to be bullied by anyone. See Bill’s Standard Disclaimer
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D-Day 79 years ago June 6th 1944,--4,414 Allied soldiers perished that historic day. 2,501 American soldiers died.
D-Day June 6 1944
France commemorates D-Day on Utah Beach 79 years after the invasion
Utah Beach is a vast beach with the wind blowing sands and a memory to those servicemen who survived the invasion and were present on the 79th year since the battle was fought, that changed the war. June 6th June 6, 1944 more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on Utah Beach. The decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. There are not many left of theose brave men who fought those battles on D-Day, Many are close to 100 years old and falling fast. The fallen soldiers were so thick laying dead on the beach from the first assault that the second assault soldiers had to run across their fallen comrades to try and move up the beach, while the Germans rained terror down on them from the entrenched batteries atop the hills. Yet the French people are still cheering and saluting the American and British soldiers who were able to attend the ceremony. France remains a grateful nation to the Allied forces. More than 40 American veterans of World War II formed a parade, using wheelchairs, along the streets of the small town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, where thousands of paratroopers jumped not long after midnight on June 6, 1944. Cheerful crowds applauded, calling out “Merci” and “Thank you.” Children waved, and many families asked for a photo with the men. Every year these events are more and more important as the WWII veterans numbers are dwindling fast. In Sainte-Marie-du-Mont there was a brief ceremony at a monument honoring the U.S. Navy that overlooks Utah Beach. The stone read, “The fallen will never be forgotten. The veteran will ever be honored,” On D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats. On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. On the German side, several thousand were killed or wounded. These young soldiers were 18-19-20 years old and fought like hell to save the world and Europe from fascism, and they did. We owe these soldiers a great debt of gratitude and to remember what they did but more importantly why they fought and died for the rest of us. We need to teach our young people the real history of D-day, Pearl Harbor, the battles in the Pacific Ocean, Europe and Africa and all parts of the world where Hitler, Japan and associates were trying to take over the world. My dad fought in WWII (Navy) battles in the Pacific… Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, and so forth, The Marshalls are composed of more than 1,200 islands and islets in two parallel chains of coral atolls—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the east and the Ralik, or Sunset, to the west. The chains lie about 125 miles (200 km) apart and extend some 800 miles northwest to southeast. Dad was awaiting orders for the invasion of Japan, he was to be in the first wave, and he piloted landing craft. He also carried secret orders from each tiny island to other islands in the dark of night. I have the deepest respect and regard to all of our veterans from every war.
Tammy
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