D-Day occurred seventy-nine years ago today.

It was the beginning of the restoration of Civilisation and the demise of evil…for the moment.

I remember how I used to teach history and WWII in particular, and I probably couldn’t teach it the same way today. I am not sure I could condemn fascism and nazism the same way today as I did in the late 1970s.

But let’s remember the past without further reference to the present.

Young boys a few months removed from their high school graduation were awarded their diplomas and. the next thing they knew, they were aboard a troop transport headed for the European Theatre of Operations.

Over nine thousand of these brave men would never return to their loved ones, who would now have to visit an American cemetery in Normandy.

I grew up in the post-war era n Leland Avenue in the Bronx.

There were quite a few men who returned from WWII, and while they may have seen and done things they would never forget, they never spoke of the war. They just seemed happy to be home.

In fact, the entire neighborhood seemed to be happy.

It took a while for the happiness to wear off.

But that’s another war and another story.

God bless all the soldiers that saved us from hatred and brutality.

We owe it to them to repay their sacrifice with love, appreciation, and kindness.