"D" Day--Is It Just a Far Away Memory?

Today is June 6, 2011, the 67th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy by British and American troops.
There was little, if any, mention made in the media this morning about this historical and bloody event.

At the time of the invasion, allied troops had little knowledge that the end of the war was to come within the next year.
Here are the particulars from Wikipedia:

Jodl and Keitel surrender all German armed forces unconditionally: thirty minutes after the fall of "Fortress Breslau" (Festung Breslau), General Alfred Jodl arrived in Reims and, following Dönitz's instructions, offered to surrender all forces fighting the Western Allies. This was exactly the same negotiating position that von Friedeburg had initially made to Montgomery, and like Montgomery the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, threatened to break off all negotiations unless the Germans agreed to a complete unconditional surrender.[8] Eisenhower explicitly told Jodl that he would order western lines closed to German soldiers, thus forcing them to surrender to the Soviets.[8] Jodl sent a signal to Dönitz, who was in Flensburg, informing him of Eisenhower's position. Shortly after midnight, Dönitz, accepting the inevitable, sent a signal to Jodl authorizing the complete and total surrender of all German forces.[5][8]

At 02:41 on the morning of May 7, at the SHAEF headquarters in Reims, France, the Chief-of-Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender documents for all German forces to the Allies.

And so ended the bloodiest war the world had seen, not with a bang--
The bang was reserved for the end of war in Japan.
It took two Atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki that convinced the Japanese they should end the war.

President Harry S. Truman proclaimed September 2 as V-J Day (Victory over Japan). Three years, eight months, and 22 days after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, World War II ended when Japan signed the surrender documents on the battleship Missouri, in Tokyo harbor.

Since that time, America has been engaged in several other conflicts. In 1950, it was the "UN Police Action" in South Korea. Then in the late 50's, we were involved in Vietnam. Since then we have been involved in several other conflicts.

Regardless of how many conflicts we become engaged in, it does not help us keep alive the history of this magnificent country if we refuse to remember, or honor, those who have fallen in previous conflicts.

Today I take note, if no one else will.