Celebrate Their Valor - Honor Their Sacrifice

This is my country ~ Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians

. . . thanks to TheVeteran.Net

LET US HONOR THESE HEROES!

Tom Hanks They were ordinary people who half a century ago
did nothing less than help save the world,
Yet there is no national memorial to honor their sacrifice.

IT IS TIME to say thanks.
11 Sep

2001

THE GREATEST GENERATION

THE NATIONAL WW II MEMORIAL: That generation who brought us through the Great Depression then on the very heels of one calamity, the bloodiets war in our nation`s history, truly they were, as Brokaw calls them, our greatest generation. The National World War II Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II, will honor all military veterans of the war as well as the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. It was a war of such scope and high importance, as Gore Vidal called it -- The Good War.
The World War II Memorial will be located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. at the Rainbow Pool site at the east end of the Reflecting Pool. This is between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, and is a prominent location that is commensurate with the historical importance and lasting significance of World War II to America and the world.
President Clinton dedicated the memorial site on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 1995, and the design was created by architect Friedrich St.Florian. The actual groundbreaking is slated for Veterans Day in 2000, and the national fund-raising campaign is now under way. Already, notables such as the Oscar award-winning Steven Spielberg as well as Tom Hanks have signed on to raise public awareness. The World War II Memorial is to be funded almost entirely by private contributions, and the capital campaign goal for donations is set at $100 million. Co-chairing the fund-raising campaign will be former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, and Frederick W. Smith, the president and CEO of FDX Corp.
Right now you can be involved in building the World War II Memorial by becoming a Charter Member of the World War II Memorial Society, entering the names of veterans in the Registry of Remembrances, or participating in the Donor Programs.

- To make donations, or get more details -

write the memorial at:

National World War II Memorial
2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 501
Arlington, Virginia 22201

Or call: 1-800-639-4WW2

National World War II Memorial: Endorsed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Bob Dole, Co-chair.
Saluting Unsung Heroes Denmark's and other courageous efforts under Nazi occupation
America's Promise - Alliance for Youth: Endorsed by every living U.S. President and First Lady.
Thank you Veterans - let us never forget their sacrifice (from PVA)
Bought with their blood, too: today's freedoms; Colin Powell salutes some forgotten heroes of America.
Would You Die for This Flag? Iwo Jima, the ballad of Ira Hayes. (song popularized by Bob Dylan)
The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II - read about the real Pvt Ryan, etc
Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island (includes Midway, Guadalcanal etc)
The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw bestseller - saluting those whose sacrifices changed history
The Historical Atlas of World War II by John Pimlott. Henry Holt and Company (Published 1995)
World War II in Photographs by Richard Holmes. Carlton Books Ltd, (Published 2000).
G.I. Victory: The U.S. Army in World War II, Color - Jeffrey L. Ethell, David C. Isby (Published 1995).
A War to be Won : Fighting the Second World War 1937 - 1945 by Millett and Murray
Wings of Honor : the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and their heroism under fire
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from Normandy to the Bulge to final VJ Day May 7, 1945

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A Prayer
- God bless America again
- You must know the trouble that She's in -
- Wash her pretty face
- Dry her eyes and then
- God bless America again.

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