Memories fade, lessons not shared, shame on us! (part 1)

We have dropped the ball and done our kids a major disservice.   When we hear the news that America’s last WWII vet has passed away will we even remember the sacrifice of that generation and will we have passed that along to every generation since the war (WWII) ended?

I’m deeply worried we have stopped teaching, sharing and telling the stories of the “Greatest Generation” and the unimaginable sacrifices they made. Have we assumed that IPods, I phones, text messages, Wii, laptops, and all the tech tools that have made us so impersonal happened as a natural course of tech evolution?

I can’t help but wonder where we would be had WWII and more so the D-day landings not been successful. The Nazi’s got the bomb before us, they fought us with jet fighters not prop planes and dropped bombs on NYC like they did London. Those incredible heroes faced death and knew it was coming. To think it took ten men to breach a wall with Bangalore torpedoes and only number ten lived as they each took turns after hearing the call “next runner”. That is heroic beyond anything I can imagine.

All so the sons and daughters, the grandkids, and now great grand kids of the greatest generation can enjoy liberty. They fought for freedom and knew the price, they fought for us knowing that freedom and liberty for their families and future generations was their duty; not something to be taken for granted or assumed. There was nothing selfish about those great Americans!

That day in just 12 short hours alone 2,500 brave souls died. 200 an hour, 3 a minute, 1 every twenty seconds was lifted up on high to join the lord in heaven ….. All for us! Let’s be sure our kids know what their Great Grandfathers did so that they can enjoy the freedoms, liberties and “stuff” they have today. Take nothing for granted, never assume freedom is free and remember we will face those that seek to take it all away again. It may come in the form of two 757 aircraft that take 2900 of us in an instant or it may come from leader that does not recognize the Holocaust 60 years later and vows to destroy us.  But know it’s out there lurking around a dark corner waiting to pounce.