Hacks @Wsj say “clamping down on immigration” - just the illegal kind. The Great American Job-Creation Machine Comes Back to Life https://t.co/cg0oiAP71n
"And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day."
--- Henry V, Act IV, Scene III
Dave's Car ID Service remembers D-Day on its 82nd anniversary today. A bit of a melancholy remembrance, as the sun continues to set on those Greatest Generation men who fought it. It's estimated that only 45,000 American WWII veterans remain, perhaps fewer than 100 D-Day veterans. Their numbers relentlessly decrease. And one day, in the not distant future, there will be none.
That's inevitable. But what isn't inevitable is forgetting what they did. It's our societal obligation, even among those born in this century, to keep that flame of their memory alive so that it persists 100, 500, 1000 years into the future.
These silly car ID threads I host have that as a serious goal: they're sort of a rage against the dying of memory. And there's no memory more worthy of preservation than the Americans, Canadians, Brits, and others who fought on the beaches of Normandy that early morning, June 6 1944. I have a reverence for those men, and am grateful to have known a dozen or two who were there. And you can bet your ass that I hold my manhood cheap when I think about what they did that day.
Over my stint as an online car identifier, I am honored to have received several photos of D-Day veterans with their mystery cars. And those IDs I approach with a special reverence. As a thread starter today I'm going to rerun a few.
Below is @minhagim's grandfather. He was a helped plan out the D-Day invasion as a mapper in Army intelligence. How he even got to that point was a miracle. Per his grandson's note:
"Grandfather maimed or killed two Gestapo officers when they came for his parents (he was an amateur boxer). Took his parents and two siblings and immediately left. Made it to France. Fought with the French resistance. Mid-war emigrated to USA."
In #3 he's postwar in his civvies with his new bride and a 1946-48 Chrysler.
Incidentally, Grandpa's brother landed on Omaha beach that day and survived, later working in the CIA.
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@annbauerwriter@davidzweig@WSJ Subscriber since 2004, reader since 1984. Now if they would only bring back straight news reporting on the front, it would be nice. FYI, threaten to quit and they’ll discount the next year.
22 yrs ago today, after a long zoning dispute with local officials that ruined his business, welder Marvin Heemeyer had enough & created the Killdozer.
He destroyed the mayor’s house, the judge’s house, town hall, the police station, & the bank - while avoiding hurting civilians or their property.
Happy Killdozer Day to those who celebrate 🎊