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Proudly recalling the bravest Americans

Pub: NY Daily News June 6, 2026 Published Wait: 4 Days
Hometown: Utica, NY Writes: Lefty/Southpaw
Tags: Veterans

NEW YORK NIGHTS

Pub: NY Daily News June 6, 2026 Published Wait: 4 Days
Hometown: Utica, NY Writes: Lefty/Southpaw
Tags: Veterans

NEW YORK NIGHTS

With the anniversary of D-Day rapidly approaching, we have been so angry and despairing, over our fears that the 2,510 American and 1,917 Allied souls who perished on that day may have died for nothing. We have avoided watching movies or re-reading books about WWII, because we have felt that the deplorable words and actions of our current president have made American history hollow and meaningless.

Yet we have changed our minds. We remember that Donald J. Trump doesn’t represent America in any way, shape or form. He stands solely for Donald J. Trump. This man has no clue about what America stands for, couldn’t care less and cannot fathom what these heroes died for on D-Day. “Suckers and losers”, indeed!

Thankfully, Trump and his craven, corrupt cronies will soon be consigned to the dustbin of American history, while the true heroes and heroines of D-Day will live on. Their stories will be recounted to future American generations by great directors, artists and authors.

So we will again achingly watch Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and The Longest Day, proud in the knowledge that we are watching the best of America. We will never again let Donald J. Trump define America for us!

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— Jeff and Joan Ganeles, Utica, NY
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