In Times Like These: Harry James
Today is the anniversary of D-Day.
From the album D-Day Broadcast-June 6, 1944.
Tags: D-Day Music, Harry James
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June 6, 2010 at 11:18 am
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June 6, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Wow! In “times like these”, indeed.
June 6, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Michal,
There is just something captivating about this music. I can imagine listening to the radio and hearing the alerts about the war.
June 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Hey, sorry to be so long catching up with you. Sorry about blogger killing yr site. I think i’m about to get shut down also. I’m in the process of moving to wordpress, also (once i get the proper set-up configured). Anyhow, glad yr still around, and I’ll make sure I get you linked properly forthwith.
Cheers,
Brian @ Big Rock Candy Mountain
June 8, 2010 at 8:11 am
Brian,
I only wish I had time to let people know I was being exiled. Blogger wrote but I figured I was safe, didn’t realize they’d go back months to old postings. Do mention the new site just in case you get zapped as they did it to me in the middle of a posting. I’ve lost several Coffee friends.
June 6, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Today would be my folks 66th Anniversary.
Married on D-Day.
My mother said that when they walked out of the church all the bells in the city were ringing and she thought, “isn’t that nice, they’re all ringing the bells for us.”
We, as kids, once asked Mom & Dad if they’d planned for their wedding to coincide with D-Day.
June 6, 2010 at 8:48 pm
John,
I love your mother’s comment. It is so like a bride on her wedding day.
How funny, a great kid question.
I love the picture.
June 6, 2010 at 9:53 pm
D-Day was the beginning of end for Nazi Germany. Thank God we were successful in ending the horror that they caused before and during the war, As allied forces moved across Europe the horror of the holocaust became evident. I can imagine young men and woman listening to this music before boarding the ships in England that carried them across the Channel to the beaches in Normandy. Many of those men did not return and we should be eternally grateful for their service and final sacrifice.
June 7, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Bob,
The numbers who died on the beach are staggering, but they knew that would happen, but it was time. They had to stop Nazi Germany.
I will always be grateful.
June 7, 2010 at 8:52 am
An interesting article in yesterday’s Chicago Trib, “10 Things You May Not Know About D-Day”:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-10-things-d-day-pictures,0,7979632.photogallery
June 7, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Thanks, John
I found these fascinating-especially the ones from that time. I wonder who did crossword puzzles and noticed.