[doug from upland]

I understand, but imagine if all the sacrifice at Normandy would have resulted in being totally pushed back. The consequences would have been very, very dire.

[xp38]

Indeed. The sacrifice should always be honored. What I like now as a direct result of Reagan and the fall of the Soviet Union is that a church now stands on one of the Kursk battlefields in honor of the fallen Russians. An unimaginable thing prior to him becoming President.

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul built in 1994-1995 to commemorate the Battle of Prokhorovka