SM, you're right, the 13th is Sat....... my brain has been so "fried" by these wierd songs that are rolling around in it (thanks WWM!)... that I had my days mixed up!.....we are going Sat. to Sat. ..... hey thanks for setting me straight.... we would have had a long wait at the airport if we showed up Friday! LOL
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D-Day Memorial Cafe, June 6, 2009
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Well it was 65 years ago today that my Grandfather was shot on a beach--Omaha it was called. He always wanted to visit France--hard way to go about it. He was lucky because he took the bullet in the leg. He didn't die on that beach. In the end the bullets in his leg did take a toll. He waited on that beach for a very long time for help. He got to see many of his friends that tried to take that beach with him, die next to him. It took months before he was okayed to return to the States. He never forgot that day. At the end of his life he took me to his box. I saw the medals that he seemed to careless about, and the things he treasured most--a bunch of letters. Letters with the families of friends that died on the beach, and the letters of the 2 others that were with him that survived. My Grandfather believed that everyone has a duty to support their country--he did and it cost him dearly but not nearly as dearly as the families on the other end of many of those letters. He never got much further than that beach--he never really saw France. I saw a sea of white crosses--I was on my knees thanking Dear God that he lived.
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Your grandfather sounds like a very good man, SM. I'm sorry he never got to see France in a time of peace. You do his memory honor. {{{hugs}}}
Posted 9 months ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Thank you KW. When my parents divorced, he made sure he was with me every Saturday night. He took me to the Y-Center and we would swim for hours. Then he took me to Burger Chef for a cheese burger. I have great memories of my Grandpa.
Daughter is packing--wish I was video recording this--she is a trip!!!
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