#dday77

Ladies and gentlemen, to all the people of the United States of America and Canada, to all our remaining living veterans of the Second World War of 1939-1945 and of all conflicts past and present and their families, to our veterans, active servicemen and women, reservists and families of the entire United States Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, and to all the uniformed military and civil security services of the Allied combatants of this conflict, to all the immediate families, relatives, children and grandchildren of the deceased veterans, fallen service personnel and wounded personnel of our military services and civil uniformed security and civil defense services, to all our workers, farmers and intellectuals, to our youth and personnel serving in youth uniformed and cadet organizations and all our athletes, coaches, judges, sports trainers and sports officials, and to all our sports fans, to all our workers of culture, music, traditional arts and the theatrical arts, radio, television, digital media and social media, cinema, heavy and light industry, agriculture, business, tourism and the press, and to all our people of the free world:

Today, in the midst of the global pandemic, and with the end now in sight with vaccinations being done in many countries, we once more honor two memorable events of our history.

189 years ago, in 1832 at a cost of hundreds of lives, the Paris Rebellion of July 1832 was ended when Frnech Army servicemen crushed the rebellion of students and workersof the capital demanding moral reforms and for France’s stronger foreign policies and stronger military so that it can help European independence movements.

77 years ago, under the overall leadership of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Dwight Eisenhower, with the paratroopers that had landed earlier having met their landing objectives and were now fighting behind enemy lines, a million-strong multinational landing force made up of personnel from many Allied national armed forces, mainly composed of personnel from the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and France, together with forces from many more countries, with naval and air support also from multinational forces, landed on 5 pre-designated beaches in Normandy in France, which had been under Axis occupation for over 4 years. This second front would finally begin as in each of these beaches, regardless of enemy resistance and full of determination and courage, these infantrymen, gunners, tankers and support personnel landed on the soils of occupied western Europe to begin the long awaited Allied military operations for the liberation of this part of the world, one that they have prepared for years, just as their fellow servicemen where fighting in Italy, Eastern Europe, and Yugoslavia. The D-Day seaborne landings were one of the first ever in modern times to be successfully conducted and thus proved to be a historic victory, the first of many that would finally bring an an end of the Nazi occupation of most of Europe and bring fascism to a smashing defeat. Working hand in hand, these men and women of the Allied Powers provided the manpower and equipment for the success of one of the greatest amphibious operations of modern history.

As the days and hours came and went, the victory of Normandy would be the first of many victories won in mainland Western Europe by the Allies, the first on the long road to the great victory in the spring of 1945 and the surrender of Germany to the triumphant Allied Powers. It was indeed thanks to these millions of men and women whose bravery and determination, at the cost of thousands of lives lost to the Axis, made the D-Day operation a success as they pushed opened the door towards the long road of victory against Nazi Germany.

Today, we honor and celebrate these two great events that will forever be a part of human history. Forever remembered in books, theater, visual arts, radio and television, these two great events are forever a part of our heritage and our common memory, as these have no dobut became a part of the long history of the human race. Spread on the same day years apart, they deserve to be remembered and commemorated today for generation after generation.

The heroes of 1832 fought for their country’s place in the world, the heroes of 1944 fought for global freedom and independence against Nazi Germany and international fascism. Then as in today, no matter what the situation in the world may be today, we will never let the memories of these events fade and promise once more to let the legacy live on for our future generations, for the sake of our dreams and goals for a better world!

Today, as we mark Canadian Armed Forces Day and Swedish National Day, we also thank the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces for the service and determination for the defense of the freedom and sovereignty of their countries, as well as for the protection of their people and national interests.

LONG LIVE THE 189TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1832 JUNE REBELLION!

LONG LIVE THE 77TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY OFFENSIVE OF 1944!

ETERNAL GLORY TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR WORLD!

ETERNAL GLORY TO ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE FORCES OF FASCISM AND LIBERATED THE WORLD FROM THE THREATS AND EVIL ACTIONS OF THE AXIS POWERS!

GLORY TO THE VICTORIOUS PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, SWEDEN AND THEIR UNIFORMED SERVICES!

GLORY TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA AND SWEDEN, TOGETHER THE DEFENDERS OF OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AND GUARANTEE OF A FUTURE WORTHY OF OUR GENERATIONS TO COME!

And in honor of the 77th year anniversary of the great baptism of fire of the 101st Airborne Division, and to the entire HBO War Fandom who for all time will always remember this very moment in history as depicted in the 2nd episode of the award winning 2001 HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers”:

LONG LIVE EASY COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AIR ASSAULT), XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY!

CURRAHEE! AIR ASSAULT! ARMY STRONG! HOOOAH!!

1800h, June 6, 2021, the 245th year of the United States of America, the 246th year of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the 127th of the International Olympic Committee, the 125th of the Olympic Games, the 103rd since the conclusion of the First World War, the 82nd of the beginning of the Second World War in Europe, the 80th since the beginning of the Second World War in the Eastern Front and in the Pacific Theater, the 76th since the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the victories in Europe and the Pacific, the 74th of the United States Armed Forces and the 54th of the modern Canadian Armed Forces.

Semper Fortis A Mari Usque A Mare

John Ramos-Henderson

Makati City, Philippines

Grandson of Philippine Navy veteran PO2 Paterno Cueno, PN (Ret.)