Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 06, 2015

So great! I had the privilege of visiting Normandy on d-day a few years back. It was a sunny nice day, but when we got to the (Omaha) beach, it was inexplicably ridiculously foggy. We could not see a thing outside of ten feet away. If only they could’ve been so lucky…

Now I miss my great uncle. Sick thing is I never even knew he’d served, much less taken part in D-Day, until after my great aunt died and we were moving some of the stuff out of their home. Would have loved to have asked him when he was alive, not that he may have wanted to talk about it.

Think Operation Husky more marks the start. It was more the German troops in Italy who were fought by the allies than the Italian troops.

My Uncle was in the second wave. MIA until they found him in a field hospital. Never talked about it.

Saved for the second time!

Thank you to all who serve so we can be free. God Bless.

When was this strip first published?

Reminds me of a running cadence we sang:

June 6, 1944The 101st went to warFrom the skies of NormandyRendezvous with destiny

For those not familiar, the last line is the motto of the 101st Airborne Division, known as the “Screaming Eagles”

Awesome.

Try to thank a vet every time you see them. Remember they are all in their 90’s now so won’t be around soon. My dad was in the RCAF and i am glad i talked to him and have some of his writings and equipment from then.

@guswild – few years ago happened to meet an elderly gentleman who was loading his car with groceries at a local supermarket. The license plate on his car had a frame which read Pearl Harbor Survivor. Asked him if he was there and he confirmed he was indeed and was a U.S. Navy sailor at the time. I being a Navy Veteran took a step back, snapped him a sharp salute. Remember telling him “on behalf of a grateful nation, I honor the memories of the men and women of your generation. Thank you.” God bless that greatest generation and those who still believe in our nation.

being forgotten

Hey, did they run this 1996 D-Day strip last year on D-Day 2014 (June 6, 2014)?

Sparky always remembered.

That’s an insult. Some of us who aren’t old enough to remember the day personally actually DID read a history book or two!

I never knew my father was a pilot in Africa (then later stationed in the South Pacific)… until he died and I went through some of his memoirs he kept in a box. He never talked about it…GOD bless ALL of them!!

My dad served during WWII, as did many of our parents (or grandparents). He never liked to talk about his service; I still have the Purple Heart he was awarded when he was wounded, and the flag that was draped over his casket…

What’s to say. Thank you to all who served in the armed forces and at home in the essential industries.

To ChukLitl…. Same here; thinking of Uncle George right now; second-wave and got concussed by a shell and they thought he was dead…. but he came to…. never said a word about it when I was a kid… didn’t know about his involvement until after he died….

thank you Charles Schultz. for reminding us that freedom is not free..it is paid for and bought by the blood and lives of those you have served from bunker hill, and Lexington to the Alamo, cold harbor, the wilderness, world war I and then midway, Omaha and Utah beaches at Normandy, Pusan inchon hue and hamburger hill and most recently irag and afganstan salute a veteran today

My mom served in the army during WWII. I have the flag from her funeral and a miniaturized copy of her discharge papers.

A beautiful tribute.

xxx

My neighbor landed on Juno Beach (Canadian) on D-plus one. We lost him last year. Thank you Jim!

My 92-year-old father trained pilots during the war. He said he had to try to keep his mind off what may be about to happen to them after they left the US. He still thinks about the few he did find out about.

When I was a teen I found an old paperback of my dad’s from when paperbacks were a new thing, making books more accessible to the mass market. The pages had turned quite brown but it was legible. Written as an increasingly fervent warning as the chapters were written increasingly close to when the War broke out, it was titled, “You Can’t Do Business With Hitler.” The author had been there, he had seen, he was trying to warn the world of what he knew at that point and it was bad enough. No matter how much money…he had seen the face of evil and he was trying to tell the then still too complacent world.

I will be visiting Normandy in September, 2015. While I will be cycling Italy, visiting France, and otherwise seeing the sights, Normandy will be the highlight to me. Tremendous movie about it at the Smithsonian in D.C.

My paternal grandfather was part of the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He never talked about it much to me, but my grandmother was SO proud of him. He got home, on leave, to meet his newborn daughter (my mom) in time for that Christmas. Grandma has gotten pregnant on his last leave and they hadn’t seen each other in over a year. I have his Purple Heart (gunshot wound) and I’ll cherish it forever.

Half right. Yamamoto’s plan called for a third wave to be launched at the discretion of the officer in command of the fleet (Nagumo), however there were no invasion plans. In the event Nagumo, who by reputation was always overly cautious, decided that the risks of launching the third wave were outweighed by the possibilities that the American carriers were alerted and searching for his fleet, and his belief that the third strike wouldn’t have done much more serious damage.

Four of my great-uncles served in the war. Uncle Harry was in a ship that was torpedoed just before the invasion of Sicily. he survived and participated with the Canadian Army in the Italian Campaign. Uncle Stan (for whom I’ was named) served with a Canadian anti-aircraft battery in England. Uncle Al was with the Winnipeg Rifles when they landed on D-Day. My uncle Zig was captured by the Russians in Poland in 1939 and after the Germans attacked Russia joined General Anders’s Second Polish Corps which was formed by the Russians and transferred to the western allies through Iran. He participated in the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino which ended about three weeks before the invasion of Normandy.

Always remember, never forget.

Indeed … a very nice tribute.

I visited Normandy (Gold and Omaha Beaches) with a small tour group in January 2014. Incredible experience that should not be missed. Checking back (thanks to the calendar button), it looks like the first Schultz D-Day tribute was in 1984. Most are similar to this one. “Bless the all, Bless them all, the long and the short and the tall…”

The country was divided. Not only the history books but the literature show the division. One powerful piece is Stephen Vincent Benet’s “nightmare at Noon”, 1940 or 1941"—-pre Pearl Harbor. Benet was in favor of getting in, but depicting the divided nature of the country. Once we were attacked at Pearl Harbor, the emotion and the dynamic changed.