{"id":82339,"date":"2019-06-06T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82339"},"modified":"2019-06-06T05:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T09:49:57","slug":"remembering-d-day-the-poem-for-the-fallen-by-robert-laurence-binyon-1869-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82339","title":{"rendered":"Remembering D-Day–The Poem “For the Fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
\nStraight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
\nThey were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
\nThey fell with their faces to the foe.<\/p>\n

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning
\nWe will remember them.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Days before the invasion, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was told by a top strategist that paratrooper casualties alone could be as high as 75 percent. Nevertheless, he ordered the attack. #DDay75<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/zbJe8qDYva<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HISTORY (@HISTORY) June 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n