June 6th, a day that no American should ever forget. All to often I hear people from various nations decry the United States for being some sort of global policeman, or worse. Those same people all too often owe their ability to criticize, if not their very lives to the people that served in the armed forces of the United States.
Those people, are often called “The Greatest Generation,” and for good reason. Collectively, they turned back the Axis of authoritarianism and totalitarianism responsible for the deaths of millions of people across the globe. Being a Marine Corps brat I grew up much more familiar with the war in the Pacific. Later, I learned about Patton in Africa and Sicily. Then how through ruse and counterintelligence German forces were spread thin, and one of modern history’s greatest battles was fought on the French coast at a place called Normandy.
Over the years I was privilidged to have met many men that took part in that fateful day that set the stage for the end of the war in Europe. Most often taking someone from this or that nursing home out to the old Fitzsimmons Hospital. Working as a Paramedic in Denver did have it’s perks at times, and meeting people that made history was one of them. I don’t remember their names, but I will never forget the deeds done by many of them. One had been a Higgins Boat Coxswain, another was a Ranger that scaled a cliff, and yet another that was with the 101st Airborne that dropped miles from where he was supposed to have landed.
We must never forget what the people of the Greatest Generation did for us, and, as a matter of honor, never allow the modern forces that seek the destruction of the United States of America to achieve their goals.
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