RIP Maj Dick Winters

[charlie2]

A very sad day and great loss but what a life lived! If anyone wants to experience running Currahee, it is still there in Toccoa. I tried it 4 years ago, you get an idea of what these men trained with. Uphill, rocks, ruts and winding uphill turns. And I had it easy, no M1, no WWII boots and no Lt Sobel. I also had a chance to walk in his footsteps in the fields of Normandy, and more importantly, at Brecourt Manor. All of these vets deserve our respect and to have their hardships remembered. Thank God for them.

I don't think I could make it up Currahee now...maybe 25 years ago! I walked the beaches and cliffs at Normandy and walked through Ste. Marie Eglise and Du Mont and was really glad to see the American flag flying!

 

[JAFI]

So true, even Julia Child was in on the action!!! When I watch "It's a Wonderful Life" every year I think about how Jimmy Stewart was flying over Germany getting shot at only a year or so before filming this great movie!

Audrey Hepburn was a message courier for the underground. It was a time of total mobilization and teamwork for the war effort. Some served because their country was occupied or they were just POW's. Many paid with their life. We owe a debt that maybe can't be paid.