D DAY

By Howie Katz

 

Soldiers of the  US 4th Infantry Division move inland from Utah Beach

 

Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of D Day. On June 6, 1944 allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.

2,501 American soldiers gave their lives in the service of our country that day.

Another notable battle was that for the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima from February 19, 1945 until March 26, 1945.

 

US Marines crawl their way up the coastline of Iwo Jima, while under heavy fire from dug-in Japanese forces

 

6,821 US Marines and Navy corpsmen lost their lives on the sands of Iwo Jima. One of the Marines killed was Freddie Warren, quarterback for the Marshall, Texas HS football team. Freddie was one of my friends.

The US soldiers who died on the beaches of Normandy and the Marines and Navy corpsmen who were killed on Iwo Jima must be turning over in their graves because of what has been happening to our self-destructing country. That's not what they died for,