Ruminations on June 6th...

[arib]

"Ari, you remember what today is, don't you?"

"Of course I do grandpa, it's D-Day..."

I had that conversation every June 6th until three years ago, I still miss it.

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[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

My father-in-law was there on 6 June 1944. His destroyer, the USS Somers, supported the landings. We lost him this February. By some estimates, we are losing over 1,000 World War II veterans a day. Something precious is slipping through our fingers and there just isn't much we can do about it.

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

I have the same feeling about Memorial Day - I never missed one either calling my Dad or seeing him, and thanking him for all he did. Now I find someone else in the service on Memorial Day, and thank them in his honor.

*hughug*