Word: d-day
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...most serious - and at this point, least calculable - threat to the U.S. economy comes from within. Compare September 11, 2001 to Pearl Harbor, compare it to D-Day, compare it to the Gulf War or the War of 1812. But the fact is the U.S. has never endured a catastrophe that was so many parts fear and so few parts comfort. Never a war without an enemy, never one waged with our own planes. Never one that has so much potential to reach straight into the heart of its citizens. Its consumers...
...Private Ryan (which Hanks starred in) used to mimic the soldiers' confused, terrified perspective. It is based closely on historian Stephen Ambrose's book about Easy Company, an elite paratroop unit that had the dubious luck to land knee-deep in key moments of the war in Europe, from D-day to the Battle of the Bulge to the capture of Hitler's mountain fortress. And it has gone through the same, now obligatory seal-of-approval process as Ryan: screenings for real live veterans who emerged to say, They got it. This is what it really looked like...
...parents of college-bound students, D-Day is fast approaching. D, in this case, is for departure, for decreasing the number of children at home, and for debt too, but you'll get to enjoy that one for many months to come. Freshman orientation begins soon, and after the final days of farewell parties, of packing and loading and fretting, of last-minute lists and purchases, "orientation" sounds wonderful--yet you've never been so disoriented in your life...
...Especially the American one. Starting with the 50th anniversary of D-day in 1994, the U.S. has been awash with a wave of books, films and remembrances of the "Good War" and those who fought in it. The European theater got its respect first, notably in Steven Spielberg's 1998 Saving Private Ryan, but the war in the Pacific and its aftermath is getting its own. In addition to Pearl Harbor, we have seen two recent Pulitzer prize-winning histories?Herbert P. Bix's biography of Hirohito and John W. Dower's magnificent analysis of Japan's postwar reconstruction...
...good way. The decision by the Army last October to make the berets part of the uniform enraged the elite Army Rangers, who were suddenly losing their distinctive symbol. After much debate, the Rangers agreed to switch to tan berets, which they say are reminiscent of the D-Day beaches, sand in the Persian Gulf and khaki uniforms worn in Vietnam and Korea...