http://localhost:8080/d-day-national-churchill-day Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:17:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 http://localhost:8080/d-day-national-churchill-day#comment-72606 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:20:03 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=17565#comment-72606 Congratulations on another splendid piece. Still keeping the record accurate and the memory green. I salute you on this D-Day anniversary.
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“These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc…. In Stephen Spender’s poem, who ‘fought for life and left the vivid air signed with your honor’…. Everyone was brave that day. Do you remember Bill Millin of the 51st Highlanders? British troops were pinned down [when] suddenly, they heard the sound of bagpipes….Lord Lovat emerged from Sword Beach: ‘Sorry, I’m a few minutes late.’ There was the impossible valor of the Poles…the unsurpassed courage of the Canadians who would not be deterred. And once they hit Juno Beach, they never looked back.” -Ronald Reagan

]]> http://localhost:8080/d-day-national-churchill-day#comment-72605 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:12:42 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=17565#comment-72605 Canada was indeed a “devoted Commonwealth, Dominion. Fourteen thousand of its sons stormed Juno Beach eighty years ago today.
A population of only 11 milliom saw more than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders serving in uniform. Over 45,000 of our brave men and women in uniform gave their lives, and another 55,000 were wounded. We will remember them!
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Indeed so. Canada’s example is unexcelled. RML

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