Photograph by Craig W. Booth, copyright.

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

This statue is called “The Spirit of American Youth.”It depicts the soul of a dead soldier as he rises from the waves at Normandy France to meet with God after being killed during the D-Day Invasion.Behind this memorial statue, the colonnade lauds the sacrifices of those who fought--in the photograph, the word “sacrifice” can be seen.

Why do men die? Why do they sacrifice themselves during war? Some die in a vain chase for greed and power. Others, because men having been created in the image of God still bear the imprint of their Creator, however imperfectly, which causes them to love. To love one another, to hate evil, and to oppose oppression.

We honor all those men who loved us, their fellow countrymen, so much so as to put their lives at risk, and even to give their lives so that we may live in freedom.

A few photographs of the American Cemetery in Normandy, France (let us not forget).