This Memorial Day weekend, through no plan at all, I read “D-Day” by Stephen Ambrose and “The Longest Day” by Cornelius Ryan. Without distraction, but for food and sleep. And thought about, memorials, I’ve visited. And my luck.
WWI: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
WWII: USS Yorktown CV-10, Charleston, South Carolina
(Renamed before launch to replace USS Yorktown CV-5 sunk at Midway)
WWII: Detail of WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Vietnam War: “Three Soldiers” Washington, D.C.
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