As the 64th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy draws to a close, consider the words spoken by President Ronald Reagan at U.S. Ranger Monument Pointe du Hoc in France on June 6, 1984.
From Human Events:
Something else helped the men of D-Day: their rock-hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer he told them: Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we're about to do. Also that night, General Matthew Ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise God made to Joshua: "I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.''
These are the things that impelled them; these are the things that shaped the unity of the Allies.
The entire speech is worth the read, and fitting for this day of remembrance for the brave men who risked so much and gave so much so that other men might be free.
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