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D-Day +63

NotMyselfRightNow — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:28:53 -0800

“All patriots, men and women, young and old, have a part to play in the achievement of final victory.”

Juno Beach

arse_hat — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 01:04:17 -0800

We are minutes away from the 60th anniversary of D-day. The Canadians landed at Juno beach. (Some n e w s) (Some hist ory).

The U.S. has a long history of movies commemorating it's role in war, including D-day as have other smaller countries like Australia (WW1). Canadians have written some good books about our wars like "And No Bird Sang" and "The Wars" (Amazon links) and the NFB and the CBC have done many a documentary but we never seem to have done a great film to commemorate our fighting men. Hell, even recently deceased President Reagan remembered Canada's role in the D-day fighting. Why have we no great film for what our men did or about that cold blooded murder at Abbaye d'Ardenne on D-day?

We can a least remember them via the Juno Beach Centre.

Oxydude — Thu, 06 Jun 2002 19:54:19 -0800

Lest we forget! D-Day June 6, 1944. NY Times (free) subscription required.

luser — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:21:57 -0800

D-Day was 57 years ago yesterday. It was 16 years before an article in the Atlantic finally provided Americans an unvarnished account of the carnage that was Omaha Beach that day. I'm in awe of what these 19-year-olds went through.

GaelFC — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:11:52 -0800

It's D-Day Someone at work shared this Ernie Pyle column published just 10 days after the 1944 invasion of Normandy. It put a lump in my throat. Maybe it'll do the same for you. Excerpt: "I took a walk along the historic coast of Normandy in the country of France. It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn't know they were in the water, for they were dead."

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:40:33 -0800

These guys need to go back and look at some movies of the Normandy invasion. [more inside]