Thursday, June 06, 2019
Honor D-Day’s 75th anniversary by knowing the story — and teaching others - Chicago Tribune
Honor D-Day’s 75th anniversary by knowing the story — and teaching others - Chicago Tribune
"All great historical achievements risk fading into obscure past events, reduced to calendar notations or unread Wikipedia entries — unless those moments are kept vivid and meaningful for future generations.
June 6 is one of those imperiled dates.
It’s the 75th anniversary of D-Day, one of the most audacious military actions in American history. On June 6, 1944, about 156,000 troops of the United States and its allies invaded Nazi-occupied France by sea and air, gaining a foothold in northern Europe that would help lead to victory over Germany in World War II within a year.
...Among those books is Rick Atkinson’s “The Guns at Last Light,” excerpted here in italics.
In it he describes the ferocious battle scenes, quotes the participants and honors the dead at Omaha, Utah and the other beaches.
...Mortar rounds killed a trio of soldiers next to (U.S. Gen. Norman) Cota and wounded his radioman; knocked flat but unscratched, the general regained his feet and followed the snaking column toward the hillcrest, past captured Germans spread-eagled on the ground.
Then over the lip of the ridge they ran, past stunted pines and through uncut wheat as Cota yelled, “Now let’s see what you’re made of!”
GIs hauling a captured MG-12 machine gun with ammunition belts draped around their necks poured fire into enemy trenches and at the broken ranks pelting inland.
War is terrible.
Tragic.
D-Day was those things.
It also was heroic and necessary.
Younger generations of Americans won’t understand what happened on June 6, 1944, unless they are inspired to learn it.
If you know the D-Day story, share it, teach it.
Read more: ‘I’d like to volunteer, sir’: Memories of D-Day live on through oral histories »
Read more: Celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, near and far »
June 6 is one of those imperiled dates.
It’s the 75th anniversary of D-Day, one of the most audacious military actions in American history. On June 6, 1944, about 156,000 troops of the United States and its allies invaded Nazi-occupied France by sea and air, gaining a foothold in northern Europe that would help lead to victory over Germany in World War II within a year.
...Among those books is Rick Atkinson’s “The Guns at Last Light,” excerpted here in italics.
In it he describes the ferocious battle scenes, quotes the participants and honors the dead at Omaha, Utah and the other beaches.
Then over the lip of the ridge they ran, past stunted pines and through uncut wheat as Cota yelled, “Now let’s see what you’re made of!”
GIs hauling a captured MG-12 machine gun with ammunition belts draped around their necks poured fire into enemy trenches and at the broken ranks pelting inland.
War is terrible.
Tragic.
D-Day was those things.
It also was heroic and necessary.
Younger generations of Americans won’t understand what happened on June 6, 1944, unless they are inspired to learn it.
If you know the D-Day story, share it, teach it.
Read more: ‘I’d like to volunteer, sir’: Memories of D-Day live on through oral histories »
Read more: Celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, near and far »
The 177 French Soldiers of D-Day
The 177 French Soldiers of D-Day
"The D-Day Landings on the Normandy beaches took place on June 6, 1944, led by 57,500 American soldiers, 58,815 Brits, 21,400 Canadians, and just 177 Frenchmen!
A tiny but elite commando force the history books have long forgotten.
"The D-Day Landings on the Normandy beaches took place on June 6, 1944, led by 57,500 American soldiers, 58,815 Brits, 21,400 Canadians, and just 177 Frenchmen!
A tiny but elite commando force the history books have long forgotten.
“Action stations, 0430 hours, the last coffee before France. The night is drawing to an end, we are stunned by the sight of everything around us. An armada stretches as far as the eye can see, thousands of vessels of all shapes and sizes. All these ships dancing, pitching, and rolling, depending on their seafaring stability. We must not be far from the shore.”
These are the words of private René Goujon, recorded in his diary and published posthumously in 2004.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, he was preparing to return to France with 176 compatriots.
They had all fled their native country to England to escape the German occupation.
Some had been imprisoned in Germany and Spain, and most were just 20 years old.
Together they formed the 1st French Marine Rifles Battalion, placed under English command.
Their D-Day objective was to seize the small town of Ouistreham on the eastern flank of the Allied invasion...
On the morning of June 6, 1944, he was preparing to return to France with 176 compatriots.
They had all fled their native country to England to escape the German occupation.
Some had been imprisoned in Germany and Spain, and most were just 20 years old.
Together they formed the 1st French Marine Rifles Battalion, placed under English command.
Their D-Day objective was to seize the small town of Ouistreham on the eastern flank of the Allied invasion...
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The French commandos in Scotland. © Imperial War Museum
A national disgrace!-----Video: College Students haven’t heard of D-Day on its 75th anniversary | True North Reports
Video: Students haven’t heard of D-Day on its 75th anniversary | True North Reports
"College students in Washington, D.C., seem to have forgotten about D-Day on its 75th anniversary.
We asked college students if they knew what D-Day is and why it is significant to American history.
Even though thousands of Americans lost their lives storming the beaches of Normandy, France, college students had absolutely no idea what anniversary is marked June 6."
We asked college students if they knew what D-Day is and why it is significant to American history.
Even though thousands of Americans lost their lives storming the beaches of Normandy, France, college students had absolutely no idea what anniversary is marked June 6."
ICE Acting Director Says Family Deportations Are On The Table | The Daily Caller
ICE Acting Director Says Family Deportations Are On The Table | The Daily Caller:
“We’re anticipating a million this year, but we’re going to allow 65% of those individuals into the interior of the United States,” he told reporters, according to the Washington Examiner.
Morgan also blasted lawmakers in Congress for the crisis, saying that they’ve “failed” to act. The acting ICE director, echoing what other leaders within the Department of Homeland Security, stressed the need for Congress to amend laws — allowing immigration officials to detain family units for longer periods of time and to allow for quicker deportation of unaccompanied alien children.
Morgan also blasted lawmakers in Congress for the crisis, saying that they’ve “failed” to act. The acting ICE director, echoing what other leaders within the Department of Homeland Security, stressed the need for Congress to amend laws — allowing immigration officials to detain family units for longer periods of time and to allow for quicker deportation of unaccompanied alien children.
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Why Liberals Fear the State Department’s Review of the Nature of Human Rights | The Heritage Foundation
Why Liberals Fear the State Department’s Review of the Nature of Human Rights | The Heritage Foundation:
The entire edifice the left has built in the United States and abroad is based on a foundation of laws and policies that depart from defensible ideas about the natural rights of humans. Instead, we have been promoting compulsions that trample these rights.
America decided at its very beginning that the individual has unalienable rights to free speech, freedom of conscience, self-defense, private property (which is the physical manifestation of our labor), and so on.
Good governments secure these universal rights, while bad governments abridge them.
America decided at its very beginning that the individual has unalienable rights to free speech, freedom of conscience, self-defense, private property (which is the physical manifestation of our labor), and so on.
Good governments secure these universal rights, while bad governments abridge them.
KNOWLES: World's Tiniest Surviving Baby Ends Abortion Debate | Daily Wire
The world's tiniest baby has been born. This is wonderful. The baby weighs basically nothing, twenty-three weeks old born and has survived, a wonderful feel-good story. Obviously, this raises some serious questions about the abortion discussion that we've been having for weeks because, in many states in this country, that baby could be killed. And in many states in this country, people deny that that baby is a baby, but the baby was born, and the baby is now alive. And this is how the mainstream media covers it.
History for June 6
History for June 6 - On-This-Day.com
Nathan Hale 1755 - Soldier for Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, considered to be America's first spy, known for his famous quote "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.", Alexander Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin) 1799 - Russian author and poet, Thomas Mann 1875 - German novelist, short story writer, social critic
Roy Innis 1934 - Civil rights activist, Gary U.S. Bonds (Gary Levone Anderson) 1939 - Singer, Robert Englund (Robert Barton Englund) 1948 - Actor, best known for player the character of Freddy Krueger
1925 - Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
1944 - The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Mass Shooters Pick Targets Where People Won’t Have Guns, Says Gun Crime Expert | The Daily Caller
Mass Shooters Pick Targets Where People Won’t Have Guns, Says Gun Crime Expert | The Daily Caller:
It is no coincidence mass shootings tend to occur in gun-free zones, where shooters know they are less likely to encounter armed citizens who can defend themselves, according to a gun crimes expert.
Friday’s shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that left 12 people dead, occurred in Building 2 of the city’s municipal center, a designated a “gun-free zone” where employees were banned from carrying guns, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
It is no coincidence mass shootings tend to occur in gun-free zones, where shooters know they are less likely to encounter armed citizens who can defend themselves, according to a gun crimes expert.
Friday’s shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that left 12 people dead, occurred in Building 2 of the city’s municipal center, a designated a “gun-free zone” where employees were banned from carrying guns, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
Mexican government admits 80% of its populated territory is run by cartels, including key border areas - Conservative Review
Mexican government admits 80% of its populated territory is run by cartels, including key border areas - Conservative Review
"As of last year, the Taliban controlled or contested 46 percent of the districts in Afghanistan’s civil war.
That was enough justification for us to keep our military perpetually engaged there in combat.
What if you were told that 80 percent of Mexico’s territory is controlled by dangerous cartels, including all of the key smuggling routes at our border, and that the cartels are orchestrating all of the illegal immigration into our territory and bringing their members back and forth across our own border?..."
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"As of last year, the Taliban controlled or contested 46 percent of the districts in Afghanistan’s civil war. That was enough justification for us to keep our military perpetually engaged there in combat.
What if you were told that 80 percent of Mexico’s territory is controlled by dangerous cartels, including all of the key smuggling routes at our border, and that the cartels are orchestrating all of the illegal immigration into our territory and bringing their members back and forth across our own border?..."
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Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: ‘Transgendered Men Don’t Become Women,’ They Become ‘Feminized Men,’ ‘Impersonators’
Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: ‘Transgendered Men Don’t Become Women,’ They Become ‘Feminized Men,’ ‘Impersonators’"Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and former psychiatrist–in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital, who has studied transgendered people for 40 years, said it is a scientific fact that “transgendered men do not become women, nor do transgendered women become men.”
All such people, he explained in an article for The Witherspoon Institute, “become feminized men or masculinized women, counterfeits or impersonators of the sex with which they ‘identify.’”
Dr. McHugh, who was psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 26 years, the medical institute that had initially pioneered sex-change surgery – and later ceased the practice – stressed that the cultural meme, or idea that “one’s sex is fluid and a matter of choice” is extremely damaging, especially to young people..."
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