What a price was paid for freedom

It has been said that D-day marked the beginning of the end for the German Nazi invaders of Europe.
June 6, 1944, some 60 years ago this Sunday, will be remembered forever by the free world as the day where so many gave so much so that we can have all we do today.
Two days after the invasion began the Record’s editor and publisher, Alf. W. Wilkes, wrote the following:

“D” Day Arrives
The news of the invasion was received in Rainy River with quiet solemnity and eager faces were tensely focused on the radios almost as though one could see the action which was being enacted in Europe as a continuous story was told over the air-waves by communities close to the scene.

We feel sure there was many an unspoken prayer in the hearts of listeners who have loved ones overseas, praying for their safe return when victory is achieved.
It is going to be a long and bloody battle, and the casualties will be many, be we must steel ourselves for bad news, as those gallant heroes with every ounce of courage tingling in their veins go forward with a grim determination to combat and conquer.
Let us all use our prayers, either in the privacy of our homes or at public worship, for the safe deliverance of our fighting forces and early cessation of hostilities.

The battle that began at Juno Beach subsided about the third week of August with the list of Canadian Casualties at 18,444. What a price to pay, thankfully we still enjoy the freedoms they fought and died for.
–Until then, Ken