Lost in all of the nonsense about this being 6/6/06 (oooh, scary!) is the fact that 62 years ago today, thousands of brave men stormed the beaches of Normandy. They changed the world forever.
Update: I meant to post a link to Milblogger Blackfive's great roundup of D-Day posts earlier, but I had to go to a meeting.
Via Jeff Goldstein, who has some more links and thoughts of his own on the subject.
It's nice to see someone other than myself who doesn't take our veterans for granted. Especially, when it's not even asked for.
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