Remember Them Today

This is the 65th anniversary of D-Day. We're losing that generation of young men that hit the shores at Normandy at a rate of 1000 a day.

If you want to get some shred of understanding of what they did, take a moment to watch Saving Private Ryan.

Why that movie? Veterans after watching the opening scenes commented that Spielburg had it all down -- the chaos, the noise, the shock and awe (take note of how Tom Hanks' character goes deaf after an explosion) -- except for one important detail.

The smell.

They went through hell for us. Remember that.