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IN HONOR OF ALL WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ___________________________________________________ And those who keep the fires of FREEDOM burning bright. THE WAR HORSE HONORS ALL NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY THEY CAME FROM __________________________________________ Visit the National D-Day Memorial site for an overview of the Monument. The site address is = www.dday.org D-Day - June 6, 1944 The planned invasion of the European Continent was not known if the attempt would be a complete success; foremost of those in the know was General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. The night before D-Day, General Eisenhower knowing the possibility of failure scribbled a note that would become a news release in event the Germans repelled the Allied forces. Here is the true text of the note. "OUR LANDINGS IN THE CHERBOURG-HAVRE AREA HAVE FAILED TO GAIN A SATISFACTORY FOOTHOLD AND I HAVE WITHDRAWN THE TROOPS. MY DECISION TO ATTACK AT THIS TIME AND PLACE WAS BASED UPON THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THE TROOPS, THE AIR AND NAVY DID ALL THAT BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY COULD DO. IF ANY BLAME OR FAULT ATTACHES TO THE ATTEMPT IT IS MINE ALONE." Fortunately, at the cost of many thousands of lives, the landing of forces was a success and General Eisenhower did not have to resort to the handwritten note he carried in his pocket.
		The National D-Day Memorial Bedford, Virginia - U.S.A. _______________________ This Memorial is dedicated to ALL Military Personnel - of all Allied Nations - that took part in the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944. The Memorial site is in Bedford Virginia as authorized by The Congress of The United States of America. This decision was based on fact Bedford Virginia lost more Sons per captia on the day of the invasion than any other community in the U.S.A. All people should know the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944 - with Allied Troops on the continent - was the day Nazi hold on Europe began to crumble - resulting in freeing the world of dictorial control. _________________________________________________________________________________________ OPERATION OVERLORD JUNE 6, 1944 D-DAY REMEMBERED Listen, a sound of voices in prayer A hush falls over the reatless stir among the rows of white markers Still the sun does not set The young, the aged, all come to remember with speaches and tears, the distanr wail of TAPS, Still the sun does not set Ceremonies completed, accolades echo over the greens across the beaches, out to the Channel beyond, Still the sun does not set Shells bursting, guns firing, anguish cries, it all now returns, 'twas a moment in eternity, Still the sun does not set All who were there that day, they that were so close, the families, a nation, until the last of all draws a final breath The sun will not set on this day. Frank Reese Mays June 6, 1998 ____________________________
		WE HONOR OUR CANADIAN ALLIES,THIS IS GROESBEEK HOLLAND HERE LIES SOME OF THE CANADIANS WHO NEVER CAME HOME. REST IN PEACE AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP
		THE WALL - WASHINGTON.D.C. NOT ALL ON THE WALL ARE AMERICANS AS SOME ARE IRISH BORN. CANADIANS,AND SOME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

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