VE Day

[dewmuw]

To all who gave so we might be free:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


John McCrae

[stoneylonesome]

Nice sentiment, This is read every year at the Memorial Day ceremonies here by A student before they play Taps, it's very moving. We must never forget the sacrificies that were given so that we may enjoy the freedom we have.

[Carzee]

VE Day celebrates the defeat of the Third Reich, but can we ever defeat evil? VE Day reminds us of all the miracles that happened in WW2.

I love history, especially 20th century politics, and it is a miracle the UK wasn't invaded and defeated. Really it was a bona-fide military mismatch with the underdog winning way against the odds. Whole books could explore this fact. God was involved there, proof positive.

WW2, especially the Battle of Britain (and Battle of Midway also) proved that air superiority is all.
The failure of the ****'s 'Operature SeaLion (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_sealion.htm)' was the start of the road to VE Day 1945.

So, here we are 60 years later and we fight against shoot n scoot rag tag terrorist acts of aggression - IMHO its all thats left to "enemies of the people" since they cannot even attempt to get air superiority.

Thats my thoughts on VE Day.

[marie]

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and after the strife of war begins the strife of peace




- Carl Sandberg (1878-1967)http://www.npg.si.edu/img2/brush/big/bigsand.jpg

[mrclark321]

Ethnic cleansing still exists today!!

It's sad

[Skip Souza]

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

- Ronald Reagan

[Carzee]

Here's just one 'typical' citation of 464 WW2 Awards for a Congressional Medal Of Honor.... this man attacked a German 88mm gun - and a 88 was a fearfully devastating weapon. Amazing.
OGDEN, CARLOS C.

First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company K, 314th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Fort du Roule, France, 25 June 1944.

Citation:

On the morning of 25 June 1944, near Fort du Roule, guarding the approaches to Cherbourg, France, 1st Lt. Ogden's company was pinned down by fire from a German 88mm gun and 2 machineguns.
Arming himself with an M-1 rifle, a grenade launcher, and a number of rifle and handgrenades, he left his company in position and advanced alone, under fire, up the slope toward the enemy emplacements.
Struck on the head and knocked down by a glancing machinegun bullet, 1st Lt. Ogden, in spite of his painful wound and enemy fire from close range, continued up the hill.
Reaching a vantage point, he silenced the 88mm gun with a well-placed rifle grenade and then, with handgrenades, knocked out the 2 machineguns, again being painfully wounded.

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