KJ's Corner

JUNE 6, 1944 . Sixty-five years ago this Saturday was D-Day. On this day the liberation of Europe began in earnest with the landings of thousands of American GI's on French soil. On this day, and because of this action Europe was liberated in one year, but at the expense of over 400,000 American lives in the European and Pacific theaters of operation. What did we ask in return? Did the United States liberate Europe in order to expand our boundaries? No. Did the United States liberate Europe in order to force our way of life upon it's citizens? No The United States and her allies liberated Europe from the clenches of a madman who in the end was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people who did not fit his definition of a " Master Race ". For all of her sacrifices, what did America ask for? All we asked was for a place to bury those who gave their last full measure of devotion. In the post war years, the United States of America contri