View From 17th Street (Rendering by Joowan Lee)  General Eisenhower's D-Day quote engraved in the Memorial granite (Photo by Richard Latoff) Field of 4,000 Gold Stars honors more than 400,000 lives lost during the war (Photo by Richard Latoff) American soldiers leave Coast Guard landing boats under heavy Nazi machine gun fire. (National Archives) June 6, 2004 is the 60th Anniversary of  D-Day.  Led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the shores of  Normandy, France.  16.4 million Americans served during World War II and fewer than 5 million remain alive today.

God blessed this great nation of ours when He saw us through World War II.  More than 400,000 lives were lost, but they did not die in vain.  They fought for peace and freedom, and it was only through these men and women who so bravely served our country that we can live in a free democracy today.  Their sacrifice and commitment is what makes America the beautiful nation it is.  We owe our deepest gratitude to the "Greatest Generation" of our country . . .

 America, The Beautiful

Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, our country loved
And mercy, more than life.

America, America, may God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.

And you know when I was in school
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:

Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.

But now wait a minute, I'm talking about

America, sweet America
You know, God done shed His grace on thee
He crowned thy good, yes He did, in a brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this

America, I love you America, you see
My God, He done shed His grace on thee
And you oughta love Him for it.

Cause He crowned thy good
He told me He would, with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

I thank you Lord

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