Mr. Williams and I took the World War II tour and visited Normandy, France in 2006. I took one of the attached photographs in front of the café of the first village liberated by the allied forces from the Germans on “D-Day.” I saw the German bunkers that are still there, overlooking the cliffs above the Bay of the Seine. I closed my eyes, stood there for several minutes, and I could feel the energy, carnage, and death of the battle. It was a very humbling experience—an experience that sticks with you forever. I took a rock off the beach and brought it home. When I look at it, I hear a voice inside me that says, “The precious price of freedom paid by our soldiers must never, ever be forgotten. We must never stop the fight for freedom now and forevermore!”
