The A&E and History Channel networks both aired a number of D-Day documentaries this past weekend. One of the most interesting of these was A&E's
Biography of
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
It was quite interesting to see John Eisenhower and Manfred Rommel discussing their respective fathers and Normandy. It was also interesting to learn about the long pre-war friendship between Eisenhower and George Patton.
R. Lee Ermey's D-Day episode of his TV show
Mail Call included a touching tribute to the heroes of Normandy. During the epsiode, Ermey discussed the technology of D-Day and answered viewers questions about the battle.
At the close of the episode, Ermey, while walking through the Normandy American Cemetery, noted that all of the technology would have accomplished nothing without the men who had charged ashore and descended from the sky to fight and win the battle. Ermey then knelt beside the grave of an unknown soldier, placed his hand on the tombstone, and said: "We don't know who you are, but you will never be forgotten."
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