June 6, 1944

Today was the 64th anniversary of D-Day. On this day 64 years ago 150,000 Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy. The number of deaths in one day surpassed the total of the Iraq Wars 5 year total. 2500 G.I.'s and 2600 paratroopers were injured or killed in the line of duty. 5000 plus losses in one day. That total was Americans alone. Yet on D-day our mission was accomplished. The mission of D-day was to land on the beaches of Normandy, and that was setting up the taking back of France. I hope that we all can recognize the courage, and sacrifice that was made on the beaches of Normandy that day.

However on the home front there were no politicians using the sacrifices of that day for their political advantage. There was nothing like what we see today with the war in Iraq. There were no senators or congressmen/women declaring the war hopeless or a failure. You see they just didn't do things like that, because they didn't want to demoralize the troops.
They weren't trying to undercut the President at the time, F.D. Roosevelt. They stayed true to the mission, and lets pray that our troops are allowed to finish their mission. War is ugly and violent. In war things get broken, blown up, people get hurt, people get killed, and it just might be that some of us are too tender to deal with that. There are still plenty of these great patriots around, and they are known as the "Greatest Generation" for a reason. If we do anything, lets look back on the history of these brave men, and learn what courage, honor, and patriotism truly mean.

Hopefully you will be able to read this message from Gen. Eisenhower. You can see the focus of these brave men.