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Don't forget that today is D-Day: Normandy landings: The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 AM British Double Summer Time (UTC+2). In planning, D-Day was the term used for the day of actual landing, which was dependent on final approval.

Thank you for the reminder DP, I'm feeling moderately ashamed of myself that I had forgotten.

I have visited the Normandy beaches, and personally know a man who has been through a beach landing in wartime (though a little later than WWII, yes there were some since then).  A fact I was not aware of until I watched Saving Private Ryan with my Father.  He was most moved by it and told me of the beach landing he had been in while serving in the British army on National Service.  Apparantly the opening scenes of Private Ryan are quite remarkably accurate.

I am ever grateful for those that have fought and lost their lives or survived to tell the tale, to give us the freedoms we share today.

John

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