My dad's LCVP. I can't imagine getting in one of these to cross the English Channel. Thinking about all of the young men who volunteered, 81 years ago today.

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Amid the somber D-Day anniversary commemorations came some joy, as a 100-year-old U.S. veteran returned to Normandy to marry his 96-year-old bride. Harold Terens was a radio operator mechanic who traveled to Normandy to transport freed American prisoners of war to England, and wanted to marry in Normandy to have the soldiers killed on D-Day attend in spirit. "I want them to know that they're not forgotten, he told NBC News. He met his bride, Jeanne Swerlin, in 2021, after his wife of 70 years died. "Love is not only for the young. We still get butterflies," Swerlin said. "We get a little action also."

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reflections on #DDayAnniversary.
The "greatest generation" came home from war glad to be alive & needing to honor the fallen by living a good life. The Boomers learned by example & by growing up with things like scouting. They learned that helping others was valuable. Somehow each succeeding generation have diminished those values more & more & become progressively more selfish. Not all but way too many.

The question we must solve is how to get back to the values, the selflessness of the past

Lancaster bomber to fly over Southampton for D-Day anniversary | Daily Echo
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24342304.lancaster-bomber-fly-southampton-d-day-anniversary/

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