D-Day (Russia & China)

Today is D-Day.  Seventy-seven days ago this day over 4,000 American lives were scarified on the alter of freedom as they stormed the beaches of Normandy France to free Europe from tyranny.  Much is said about the war to free Europe.  Nothing is said about freeing Russia and China from tyranny.  Hitler’s troops were on the outskirts of Moscow when the Americans interceded and saved Russia from Hitler.  China was fully occupied by Japan as the Americans fought and died to save China from the tyranny of Japan.  As Germany and Japan were on the verge of defeat and surrender General George Patton wanted to sweep all the way to  Moscow.  General MacArthur wanted to attack and sweep the Korean Peninsula and attach Russia from the east.  Patton and MacArthur were seasoned warriors from earlier years. Both had previous encounters with Russia early in their young careers. They knew and understood the Russian psychic.  For the most part China was a rural backward country gravely torn apart at the end of the war.  Patton and  MacArthur were scorned and countermanded by President Truman and eventually forced into retirement.  Truman saw it as his duty to instill the Roosevelt dream of a peaceful global world.  To him it was a political decision and not a military decision.  Consequently, Russia and China were granted equal world power status with long-term American aid to develop their economies.  Big  mistake.  The communist mind set does not equate or function like the American democratic mind set.

So, what do we have seventy-seven years later?  Grateful remembrance?  No, we, the Americans, created two Frankenstein monsters dedicated to subdue us into their subservience.  So much for gratefulness. 

As a WW II Veteran with no combat experience I greatly remember and honor those that served and died for the cause.  God bless their souls.