[Dudley]

Being that today is D-Day,
And perhaps one of the most important days in Canadian history. I just thought it fitting to remind everyone of the magnitude of the losses suffered by the Allied forces 60 years ago today. In laying there lives down, they secured for our generation and the generations to come a freedom and relative peace.

Canadian Casualties:
Soldiers Sent- 21,400
Soldiers Killed in Action- 340
Soldiers Wounded in Action- 574
Soldiers Taken Prisoner- 47

British Casualties:
Estimated 2700

American Casualties:
Estimated 6603

In all 156,000 heroic men made the landing that day. And I think that without remembering these men and there brave actions we would be turning our back on our modern day heroes.



"Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Dream of battled fields no more.
Days of danger, nights of waking."

~Sir Walter Scott

[Stephen Dame]

Canadian soldiers got further than any active regiment that day, and were the only group to meet their objective.

Gen. Eisenhower, having briefed a group of soldiers in England just before launch in the middle of the night on June 4, asked why this group of "his" boys seemed so calm, so reserved. He was informed they were in fact not "his" boys, but Canadian soldiers.

Tempered by Dieppe, at an average age of 24, and burdened with the sobering realities of 4 long hard years of war, Canadian soldiers were the most battle ready and leary on that June day. They sang in unison as they approached the beach...

No cliche can even come close.

We cannot even pretend to understand.

I, a 24-year-old raised in relative paradise, got chills watching the CF-18's and Spitfire's fly-over downtown Ottawa today.

I'll tell my kids one day. Make sure and tell yours.

[thipfan73]

My Grandfather, who is American, was on Utah beach that day. It was his first experience in Hand to hand combat, his entrance to the war. I'm so thankful for what he did for the world that day and what every other ally soldier did that day. I'm sure he probably crossed paths with some Canadian soldiers because he was in England before departing for Normandy. It's really ironic I'm posting this here today because his parents were both Canadian.

I'm very lucky to have my grandfather today. I have a site I made devoted to his WW2 service, it's been around for a while and in dire need of some upkeep, like changing my married name to my maiden name, but here it is if you want to look at it.

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I also wanted to share the tribute that the late former president Reagan, who died yesterday, made at the beaches of Normandy 20 years ago today.

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Even though that was made by an American president, I think it applies to every soldier on the beaches that day.

God Bless every soldier who gave that day, whether they gave all or just gave their all.

Strange how the US is 'at war' on D-Day. God bless the soldiers who are out there today giving thier all and giving all. I don't support what is going on in Iraq, but I do support the troops since being the immediate family member of two former soldiers makes it a thing close to my heart.