"Something else helped the men of D-day; their rock-hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer, he told them: Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we’re about to do. Also, that night, General Matthew Ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise God made to Joshua: “I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.” Ronald Reagan, 1984 Pointe Du Hoc Speech youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eEIqdcHbc8I
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:51:16 +0000
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