CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 5, 2025
TOMORROW IS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, THAT BLOODY DAY WHEN AMERICAN AND ALLIED TROOPS STORMED THE BEACHES OF FRANCE AND BEGAN TO FINISH OFF THE NAZI REGIME.
ONE OF MY UNCLES WAS WOUNDED ON OMAHA BEACH. THREE OF HIS BROTHERS SERVED IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC. MANY HEROES WERE MADE THAT DAY EIGHT DECADES AGO. I’VE BEEN TO NORMANDY AND WHEN ONE LOOKS AT THE OPEN BEACH AND HIGH CLIFFS AMERICAN TROOPS HAD TO NAVIGATE TO MOVE THROUGH THE RAPID FIRE FROM THE GERMANS IT LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE.
GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER GAVE THE ORDER THE DAY BEFORE AFTER A FORECASTER SAID THE BAD WEATHER SHOULD LIFT. IKE ALSO WROTE A NOTE TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD THE INVASION FAILED. IT DIDN’T AND EUROPE WAS FREED UNTIL RUSSIA OCCUPIED EASTERN EUROPE FOR THE COLD WAR.
UNENDING HONOR IS DUE TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED ON D-DAY. AND TO ALL WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH AT HOME AND ABROAD. IF YOU EVERY VISIT THOSE CEMETERIES IN FRANCE AND ARLINGTON, PAY THEM TRIBUTE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
