D-Day Veteran Dies in Normandy 65 Years Later

  I watched most of the D-Day ceremony yesterday and I was struck by one story in particular during the president’s speech. Jim Norene, a veteran of D-Day made the trip to Normandy to watch the D-Day ceremonies. He was one of the president’s guests. He never came home. After visiting the beach that he fought on 65 years ago he went to his hotel room and passed away, almost like he was holding on to see his fallen brethren one more time in this life.

  Here is what the president said about Jim Norene during his speech, “Last night, after visiting this cemetery for one last time, he passed away in his sleep, Jim was gravely ill when he left his home, and he knew that he might not return. But just as he did sixty-five years ago, he came anyway. May he now rest in peace with the boys he once bled with, and may his family always find solace in the heroism he showed here.”

  Amen.