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June 6, 1944 was the Greatest Generation's apex triumph, D-Day, the singular moment that spelled the eventual doom for Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

On that day, 160,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, and over 9,000 did not make it ashore alive, according to the Department of Def...

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May we never forget….The Greatest Generation.

D-Day will always matter and should never be forgotten or minimized. It was a different time with a different breed of men and women as well. My father was born in 1927 and did not go into the service until 1945. He would tell me of how men who were unable to go into the service due to a physical restriction or handicap would commit suicide. Contrast that to 2023, with men and women that complain about going into work 5 or even 3 days a week.And many of the soldiers that did return were never able, emotionally, to even discuss what they saw or experienced.May GOD bless the men and women of that era who stood up on their two feet and did what needed to be done.

Great article! My Dad joined the Navy as a seventeen year old serving on the DE Odum in the Pacific. His brother landed on Omaha Beach first wave where only twelve of his thirty eight men platoon survived the landing. The Greatest Generation is quickly dying off as does most of their miraculous deeds.

If it happened now? Hollywood liberals would refuse to support the US and blame it on us. You also wouldn't have the support of your youth either..those generations are gone…

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