Monday, June 6, 2016

D-Day. June 6, 1944 + 72 years


The knowledge of history changes.

 

 



My parents' generation understood it first hand. My uncle was wounded when his ship was sunk by German fire in the English Channel. My generation knows of it because our parents and grandparents knew of it and spoke of it. Our children's generation may have some of this second-hand awareness if their grandparents had spoken of it. Subsequent generations know of it mostly from history books, museums, documentaries, and Hollywood storytelling.




The knowledge of history changes. History does not change. It only tends to repeat itself for those whose knowledge of it is incomplete. 

D-Day. June 6, 1944 + 72 years 



Image courtesy of US Army. 

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