Saturday, June 8, 2019

75 Years Later, D-Day-- Part 3: This May Be the Last Commemoration for Significant Numbers of D-Day Veterans


The events of June 6, 1944, when more than 10,000 Allied servicemen were killed or wounded, still mark the lives of the men who fought that day.  The emotions are even more pronounced this year, as the dwindling group of aging World War II (the British call it the Second World War) D-Day veterans prepare to honor their lost comrades in what may be the last major commemoration that involves significant numbers of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who took part in the invasion.

But, in Dover, as the veterans prepared to set sail, there were bands and veterans from later conflicts  to see them off.  The Swing-Time Sweethearts -- a pair of singers who specialize in period standards such as "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "We'll Meet Again" set the mood.

I figured out that if a soldier at D-Day were 18 years old at the time, he'd be 93 today.


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