Painting I: Commemorating the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, Normandy Beach, 6 June 1944 (c) Terry Harrison
Forgive the terrible pun. On the anniversary of D-Day, Nate thanked the heavens that Tom and his despairing attitude hadn’t poisoned the Allied spirit, especially in Britain during the early years of WWII, lest “we’d all be speaking German today.” On the contrary, had it not be for the evacuation at Dunkirk, some licking of the wounds, and a massive “reloading” about which the world hath never seen before or since (in 1939, annual U.S. Military aeroplane production was 3,000. By 1944 the U.