President:
Dave Israel
Vice-Presidents:
Stewart Richland
vicepresident1@unitedcivic.org
Dom Guarnagia
Fausto Fabbro
vicepresident3@unitedcivic.org
Patricia Caputo
vicepresident4@unitedcivic.org
Treasurer Ed Grossman
Recording Secretary
J. Robinson
Corresponding Secretary
Bob Rivera
UCO Exec Assistant
Community Association Manager:
Donald Foster
Executive Board
Marilyn Curtis
Maureen Debigare
Ruth Dreiss
George Franklin
Richard Handelsman
Roger Hotaling
Jackie Karlan
Patricia Keane
Bobbi Levin
Mike Rayber
Joyce Reiss
Alice Schrass
Esther Sutofsky
David Torres
Lori Torres
Never forget is right.
ReplyDeleteWhat a thing Operation Overlord was--deciding on the invasion day; Eisenhower being Supreme Allied Commander over all the forces, no little accomplishment when nations are very reluctant to submit their military to someone not their own; attempting to mislead the Germans as to when and where the landings would be.
Plus the brave paratroopers who went in behind the German lines. The odds were against them, and the odds were against the first waves of those brave men who stormed the beaches and climbed the cliffs. And our aviators who again and again flew such dangerous missions. It is beyond me what they did.
The map is great, showing just where these famous beaches were--Omaha, Utah, the two beaches where the Americans landed--and Juno, Sword, and Gold.
And what a task it was to get America involved in the war effort BEFORE Pearl Harbor. Churchill saved a nation, arguably maybe the world. Roosevelt, fighting the strong isolationist mood in this country, worked in every way he could to help before the US had declared war. Marshall, Bradley, Patton--the names go on, down to the little known foot soldier.
Not to mention Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, which preceded the invasion of Italy, which preceded Normandy.
And not to mention the Japanese War as America fought on two fronts, MacArthur and the bloody fighting in the Pacific, the Bataan Death March, Iwo Jima, and Truman taking over after Roosevelt's death, and the atomic bomb decision.
Never forget is right.
Never forget is right! General Eisenhower never went back to France for D-Day ceremonies because it was to hard on him emotionally. Can you imagine knowing you are sending thousands of young men to their death because there was no alternative.
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