DT, thank you for the wonderful sentiments.
I was born just after the war but heard LOTS from my, and my friends' parents.
Also, we happened to be in France in June, 1986, and in Normandy on the 6th. We had no idea it would be any more than coincidental.
It sure was. There were allied flags hanging from many buildings. When we went into stores, restaraunts and museums we were treated like guests. We went into a sporting goods store and bought a few, minor things; I mentioned I was a cartridge collector and asked if they had any old, wierd stuff. Out from the back came a box, from which I selected fewer items than I would have liked to, because absolutely, positively my money was no good for those items.
I'm disappointed and disgusted by the French position on our current, huge problems, but will always remember the many who hadn't forgotten our mutual sacrifices, 42 years after.
