I think this picture pretty much says it all.

Seventy years ago today (or tomorrow, depending on where you were at the time) the largest and most most bloody conflict in the history of mankind came to an end. I realize a formal surrender did not take place until the following month; I will note the anniversary again at that time.

Those of us who did not live through World War II have a tough time grasping the scope of the conflict and its mind-boggling inhumanity. Amazing too is that the era wasn’t that long ago, and there are still people around today who lived through it. Sadly those numbers are falling, and someday that number will be none. But our thoughts will remain… along with our prayers, and a well-timed photograph or two.