D-Day

[seannemarie]

OK, it's fun to get all 666 about today, but I'd like to take a moment to mention that, in the real world, today is the anniversary of the launch of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, more commonly known as D-Day. So while you're out partying anti-christ style tonight, remember to raise a glass to the soldiers who died in their

Comments

[afisherking]

You never fail to impress me. Such compassion and beauty.

[seannemarie]

You are too kind. Thank you.

[daskreestof]

Thanks for the reminder. My father fought in D-Day, and was also a part of the Italy campaign, where he met his first wife.

[seannemarie]

Wow, he actually fought in D-Day? Has he ever spoken to you about it? I can't help but wonder how something like that affects a person. It can't be possible to walk away from such events unscathed, unchanged.

[daskreestof]

Unfortunately my father passed when I was six.
I know that memories of the Italian campaign gave him nightmares up till the time of his death in the mid 1970's.
Obviously my father was much older then my mother, his second wife.

[seannemarie]

Indeed. I figured he must be quite a bit older. I'm sorry for your loss.