sixty-four years ago . . .

On 6 June 1944, also known as D-Day, over 130,000 soldiers decided to take a stroll on the beach. To defeat Hitler.

Over ten thousand of them died in the doing.

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If you haven't, watch the first ten minutes or so of Saving Private Ryan. Then think once and twice, and one time again, before you send our soldiers off to war.