NAZI- German, short for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, National Socialist German Workers' Party.
I also cut and pasted last year's post from the blog as well as this year's post for V for Victory!
Every year, V for Victory!
commemorates the anniversary of the Longest Day: D-Day, the Normandy
invasion. It is necessary to keep alive the memory of the men
who sacrificed so much to fight evil, especially now that evil threatens
to engulf us once again, this time from within.
Herewith a digest of classic D-Day posts:
Thursday, June 06, 2013
The Normandy Beach landings- D-Day)...
Adrienne's Corner: Normandy Landings - June 6th, 1944 (D-Day)...: remember.
More D-Day photos in remembrance of today- these come from another of WHN's favorite sites.
Commemorating the grit of priests and D Day with manly photos
Commemorating the grit of priests and D Day with manly photosCommemorating the grit of priests and D Day with manly photos
June 6, 2012 By 1 Comment and 11 Reactions
… I contend there is no other religion more manly and burly and punk rock than Catholicism. I know Google forgot, but today is D Day. Eh, they’re a bunch of commies anyway. To honor the occasion and the grit that makes up Catholic priests I offer you these images to consider.
Fr.
Sampson of Sioux Falls, S.D., gives absolution to American
paratroopers killed in action, in Saint Marie Dumont, France, U.S. Army
Photo, 7 June 1944 (Note that bodies are wrapped in parachutes)

Photographed by Frank Scherschel - Priest administering Last Rites and the Eucharist to a soldier in France
I love our priests.
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing these pictures...I always hope our younger generations remember the sacrifices their older generations made for them and us.
Stella Rose
Indeed a VERY important day in history.
Thanks for reminding us what today is.
Hugs,
Lily Belle & Muffin
Thank you for the great remembrance of this very important day in history... The pictures are so moving...
Shelle, Milo, Dixie and Newby,
http://simpaticodreams.blogspot.com/
We always have to remember to thank our military for all of our freedoms today. Such an important day, thank you for posting about it!
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