We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:47:32 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:56:09 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89496 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89496 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:10 -0600
It's nice to know that not everyone forgets what America has done for the rest of the world.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89457 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89457 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:49:46 -0600

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The fortitude and fighting hearts of the soldiers of the Forces armées françaises have never been in doubt.  Even when the rest of us were trying to puzzle the strategies of their leadership, we never cast aspirations on the abilities of the French private soldier.

I hope that I got it right:

Bonne chance, mes frères! Pouvons nous nous souvenir toujours du sang que nous avons répandu comme les alliés dans la protection de liberté!

(Good luck, my brothers! May we always remember the blood we have shed together in the defense of freedom!)

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@John (not the armorer), I like that, subtle.

Grumpy ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89447 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89447 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:07:43 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89444 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/06/dday_a_note_fro.html#comment-89444 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:49:24 -0600   God Bless them all indeed. There are many shades of gray and much nuance in the world, but the differences between our world, and the one our enemies would impose upon us, if black and white.

  Freedom or Slavery. It really is that simple.

  Vive L' Poilu!
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