Quote: (12-17-2016 11:26 PM)cascadecombo Wrote:
To add to this, if you want to see a foreign country with its people celebrating Americans who died for them during the war check out Normandy on DDay. I've never seen people more happy to see Americans during a time a peace then when I was there on the 60th anniversary of DDay. It was pretty much like 4th of July.
I was there for the D Day 50th anniversary, and can vouch for this. I was told that, unlike the Parisians, who only saw De Gaulle's triumphant return, the people of Normandy had seen what led up to it, and have never forgotten.