The Debt We Owe to Those Forever Young

The Debt We Owe to Those Forever Young

In Normandy today, we shall witness the passing of a generation. Seventy years after D-Day, the veterans from the 17 countries who took part will stage their final collective commemoration of the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The youngest participant is 85; many are in their nineties. The march of time means this will be the last major event of its kind. For the post-war generations who owe so much to the heroism and sacrifice of those who liberated Europe, watching the old soldiers gather in France has been a moving and humbling experience. By and large, this was a citizen army called to duty, ordinary men and women required to perform extraordinary deeds and who, after the war, went back to their normal lives – apart from those, forever young, who never returned and lie in the cemeteries of northern France.

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