BS: ? 6th June

Subject: ? 6th June
From: The Walrus at work
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 01:35 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Bearing in mind the degree of traffic generated by the Pearl Harbor thread,and today's date. Might I ask that at some point in the day you each pause for a moment reflect on all those who fell in the invasions of Europe (D-Day, Anvil and the Italian campaign) and the subsequent liberation.

Walrus

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 01:48 PM

Indeed. And happy 70th birthday to my Uncle Steve, too, who was liberated from Buchenwald (you can do the math to see how young he was!) by those selfsame forces.

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: mousethief
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 01:52 PM

May their memory be eternal!

Alex

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 03:15 PM

Thanks for the reminder and Happy Birthday to Mrzzy's Uncle Steve!

kat

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 04:33 PM

It's a date I never fail to notice.

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 06:52 PM

I'm glad your uncle was liberated in time, so many were lost even after liberation. D-Day was a very important turning point in the war. Thanks to those veterans, without whom our democracy, rights and freedoms, would not exist today. Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:00 PM

Lest we forget. Only a handful at the Cenotaph today. Made me angry and tearful. They had a small remembrance on Sunday past, which I did not attend because I didn't know it was to take place. I thought they should have done more, but there it is, eh ? Perhaps next year I'll stir something up because I am "they". Maybe that's the real reason I was angry.

Subject: RE: BS: ? 6th June
From: DougR
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 01:53 PM

A most important date for the whole world. I would highly recommend your reading (I'm almost through reading it myself) "Band of Brothers," by Steven Ambrose. By far the best, and most readable book about the war in Europe that I have ever read. I almost shudder to think what Steven Speilberg and Tom Hanks will do to the story in their HBO mini-series due for viewing in September, but I hope they treat it well.

DougR