Why this Memorial Site?
On June 6th 1994, 06.30 a.m. I was standing
on Omaha Beach, Normandy.
It was a very impressive moment for me. Standing on the exact same place, at
the exact same time 50 years later.
On a statue near the Normandy American Cemetery St. Laurent-sur-Mer, I found
the name of Clinton C. Kwaak. For no particular reason my attention was drawn
to this name.
Since then Clinton C. Kwaak has been the name of the person that more or less
represents for me all other men who fought those days on these French beaches.
It is almost sixty years ago. Like many other
people we would like to show our respect and
gratitude to the men of the allied forces who fought and died during D-Day and
the entire World War II.
In one of the e-mails we received someone said:
“I am sorry that I cannot add any great detail to
you regarding Kwaak. He is one of the many thousands who gave the supreme
sacrifice, his life...hopefully it was not for naught.”
We truly say that they did not.
Why in this way?
We have chosen to stay as close as possible to the
mails and other information we received. We try to avoid to use effects, only
for the effect of it. Some of the e-mails published on this site are copied
entirely with all the little mistakes that someone could find in them. We
respect everyone who has contributed to this site and therefore we will not
make any corrections. This would only lead to a lack of authenticity.