A day or so before the 67th Anniversary of D-Day, I received a letter from my friend Jim (James).
He is doing ok, but has some health problems.
Jim was an assault engineer in the third wave at Omaha Beach.
When 06.06.2011 started, I couldn't help but thinking of both Jim and Mike.
Mike was a Ranger who went ashore on Charlie Beach (Vierville).
He probably was part of the Ranger/Infantry force that took out the German artillery battery at Grandcamp-Maisy.
I'm afraid Mike sadly passed away as contact (via letters) has stopped.
Maybe it is my age (40), but all day long I felt sad, a bit sick in my stomache and I also felt like someone dropped some weight on my shoulders..
I watched some of the few D-Day documentaries and looked at a view clips on Youtube as well.
Often during that day, I wished I could have been on the beach but hopefully soon I might have the opportunity to go and visit the places they were at back in 1944 again.
Erwin