61st Anniversary of VE Day

Discussions of people, events, politics, history and just whatever is on tap in terms of Western Europe. (On tap includes beers and other alcohol found in W.Europe!)

Today, May 8, 2006 marks the 61st anniversary of VE Day--Victory in Europe Day. World War II was over--at least in Europe. The war would not end in the Pacific until September of 1945.

I was thinking of the more than 30 million who died in World War II this morning. I also thought of my great uncles who fought in the conflict and a friend who still talks about landing on the Normandy coast in June of 1944. This friend went back to France for the 50th anniversary celebrations of D-Day in 1994.

This same friend admitted going AWOL to celebrate in Paris on the day the city was liberated. MUCH champagne was consumed--that's the "on tap" segment of this entry.

If you encounter WWII vets, thank them and remind them that you do remember VE Day.