Pandemic makes for a lonely D-Day observance in Normandy

Men in a vintage US WWII uniforms stand behind flowers left at Les Braves monument after a D-Day 76th anniversary ceremony in Saint Laurent sur Mer, Normandy, France, Saturday, June 6, 2020.At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore 76 years ago, part of one of the most epic battles in military history that came to be known as D-Day and turned the tide of World War II.

“This year, I am one of the very few that is probably here,” he said, adding that other U.S. veterans could not fly in because of the pandemic. “It’s a June 6 unlike any other,” said Philippe Laillier, the mayor of Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer, who staged a small remembrance around the Omaha Beach monument. “But still we had to do something. We had to mark it.”

Pandemic has sweet fuck all to do with it. It has become politically incorrect.

I thank God for all these brave men and women. Imagine if they were to busy being entitled and protesting to set Europe free. Thank you from a Dutch citizen.

With all the protest being accepted I’m sure they coukd have arranged something for such a important day.

14000 Canadians of 12 regiments stormed Juno Beach. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion jumped inland. The Canadian Scottish Regiment of Victoria was amongst the 1st ashore. 10,000 sailors were aboard 109 ships of the RCN. 39 RCAF squadrons were involved.

Historic !

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