Tag: World War II
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D-Day 79 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII
Today is the 79th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend. It remains the largest seaborne invasion…
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D-Day 78 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII
Today is the 78th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend. It remains the largest seaborne invasion…
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Memorial Day – and the Saving Private Ryan character we struggle not to become
I hope that you’re all having a meaningful Memorial Day. As we observe holidays throughout the year there are movies that become associated with them. For Christmas, there’s an entire season of Christmas movies.At Thanksgiving, It’s a Wonderful Life is associated with the season. At Easter, it’s resurrection movies like Ten Commandments and the Passion of the Christ. One of…
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Holocaust Remembrance Day and the evils of humanity
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was on this day 75 years ago, Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated. More than 1 million people lost their lives at Auschwitz while millions more perished in the hundreds of other concentration camps run by the Nazis. But tragically, on a day set apart to remember those who…
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Six stories that will warm your heart
There’s often so much negativity in the news. But there are also a lot of good stories of people serving others, sacrificing for others, being good to others. I like to bookmark stories that I find especially heartwarming.
Josh Benner 