How Quickly We Forget...

[RobertInOntario]

I always remember these dates, as my Dad (who died in 1999) and my Uncle (who is still living and is 88) took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily & Italy in the summer of 1943. I've been told that this was basically the "D-Day of southern Europe" as the Allies made a major advance into Europe from the south. I still have boxes of pictures he took and postcards, etc., that he brought back from Italy. I need to sit down one day and carefully go through them. I think we never fully appreciate the sacrifice that these people made.