Today is the 69th anniversary of D-Day. Not too many of those guys still around and it seems most of the country has all but forgotten what they did. The more I read about them, the more amazed I am at what they were able to do on the beaches at Normandy. Truly, they were The Greatest Generation.

Amen and Amen...

I shudder to think where we would be had the baby boomer and on generations had to do for us what the greatest gen. did!

We can also add to this date in 1942 the US Navy's resounding victory at the Battle of Midway. We sent 5 Japanese carriers to sleep with the fishes and sent what was left of their fleet back to Japan with their collective tails between their legs.

Four Japanese carriers were sunk near Midway.
The fifth carrier sunk was ours.

To GoApps70: I stand corrected. The 5th ship was the Mikuma. I can't believe I missed that, having watched the movie "Midway" at least 2 dozen times over the years.

Imperial Japanese Navy Losses
3,057 killed
Aircraft Carrier Akagi
Aircraft Carrier Kaga
Aircraft Carrier Soryu
Aircraft Carrier Hiryu
Heavy Cruiser Mikuma
228 aircraft