usairforce:

Today is the 68th anniversary of D Day, the Landings at Normandy, Operation Neptune.  You are not asked to remember on this day obviously, but think how even in the bloody, destructive wars this world harbors, there are men and woman to take lives and give their own for the liberation and freedom of others they will never meet.  It is truly an almost thankless duty, especially in those days. 

This paratrooper is about to jump into combat shortly after the beginning of the battle.