By Van Hipp, Fox News
As we approach V-E Day, we are reminded of the sacrifices of the “greatest generation” in saving the free world from Nazism and fascism. It was a time when freedom was hanging by a thread as fascism made its march through Europe and Japanese Imperialism did the same in Asia. Some 400,000 American service members and 18 million of our allies would ultimately pay the supreme sacrifice to save freedom for future generations.
My father once said that if ever there was a man who God sent to save the free world in the last one-hundred years, it was Winston Churchill. He’s right. Churchill was a man of unmatched leadership skills and command of the English language. He was the right man at the right time to save Europe. At home, here in America, we too had our own giants. Men, who like Churchill, were not without controversy and who had their detractors. However, like Churchill they were men who rose to the occasion when America and the free world needed them most.
America had its political leaders and its military leaders. In fact, on the military front, some of America’s leaders were among the greatest of all time – men like Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur and Nimitz. However, there were two such American leaders who exemplified the best of our political and military leaders at that time. They exemplified extraordinary leadership and raw courage at a time when we needed it. They were President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George S. Patton.
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