Normandy Invasion 69 Years Ago Today

[djs]

One of the most unfortunate aspects of the recollections of D Day is the near universal forgetting of the concurrent battles in the South Pacific. Saipan was only a week after Normandy, and it was brutal. The quality of the materials going to the Pacific was an issue for the Marines as well. If you get a chance, read Goodbye Darkness by William Manchester. It, (and With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge), is probably the best recollection (actually reliving) of the island war in the Pacific in WW2.

 

[Sinovac]

Manchester also wrote a wonderful biography of Winston Churchill, who I believe was the most significant figure of the 20th Century.

 

[djs]

And Manchester wrote American Caesar about General MacArthur. Fascinating stuff.

 

[KJRGT]

Thank you Doc for this post and to all of you sharing about your families and that critical aspect of WWII.

No doubt those soldiers were of the upmost courage and aptitude. As has been said, truly our Greatest Generation.

There still are unselfish and brave soldiers fighting and dying for our freedom, as I know you all are aware of.

One of my sons was an Infantry soldier in Iraq, and like you said Sinovac, God bless he is home now, but surely not the same.

 

[Empty Pockets]

One of the most unfortunate aspects of the recollections of D Day is the near universal forgetting of the concurrent battles in the South Pacific. Saipan was only a week after Normandy, and it was brutal. The quality of the materials going to the Pacific was an issue for the Marines as well. If you get a chance, read Goodbye Darkness by William Manchester. It, (and With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge), is probably the best recollection (actually reliving) of the island war in the Pacific in WW2.

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