The Fifth of June
This is Steven Petrick posting.
Today is the Fifth of June. As had happened so often in history, our own and those of many other lands, thousands of men were preparing themselves for what many of them knew not. All of them were looking into the eyes of their comrades, and asking themselves if they would let them down.
It is often overlooked that many of the men who would go ashore, or float down from the skies, had never previously been in combat. Some had some experience with seeing people they knew killed, either from German bombing, or from accidents (and even German intrusions into) training exercises.
Most of them, however, knew that the next day was going to be something very different.
Most of them went diligently about their assigned tasks, drawing what fortitude they could from their leaders, their comrades, and their faith in themselves.
The vast majority of they would meet the tests set them on that fateful day more than 70 years past.
We can be grateful that, even today, we have people who will go in harm's way to protect us all. None of us would be here to complain about the cost of gas without their willingness to face the unknown horrors of conflict, whether in Normandy on that never to be forgotten day, or on the battlefields of the present, and perhaps those of the future.
Today is the Fifth of June. As had happened so often in history, our own and those of many other lands, thousands of men were preparing themselves for what many of them knew not. All of them were looking into the eyes of their comrades, and asking themselves if they would let them down.
It is often overlooked that many of the men who would go ashore, or float down from the skies, had never previously been in combat. Some had some experience with seeing people they knew killed, either from German bombing, or from accidents (and even German intrusions into) training exercises.
Most of them, however, knew that the next day was going to be something very different.
Most of them went diligently about their assigned tasks, drawing what fortitude they could from their leaders, their comrades, and their faith in themselves.
The vast majority of they would meet the tests set them on that fateful day more than 70 years past.
We can be grateful that, even today, we have people who will go in harm's way to protect us all. None of us would be here to complain about the cost of gas without their willingness to face the unknown horrors of conflict, whether in Normandy on that never to be forgotten day, or on the battlefields of the present, and perhaps those of the future.
posted by Federation Commander at 9:42 PM
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