{"id":273958,"date":"2024-05-26T23:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/?p=273958"},"modified":"2024-05-27T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T14:50:11","slug":"rethink-perpetual-war-end-partisan-attacks-memorial-day-speaker-urges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/military\/2024\/05\/26\/rethink-perpetual-war-end-partisan-attacks-memorial-day-speaker-urges\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethink &#8216;Perpetual War,&#8217; End Partisan Attacks, Memorial Day Speaker Urges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memorial Day at Miramar National Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7WBChPWe80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Miramar National Cemetery\u2019s 13th annual Memorial Day ceremony, the director of San Diego State University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.sdsu.edu\/\">Center for War and Society<\/a> spoke of how he held D-Day troops in awe \u2014 citing the Americans\u2019 \u201csuperhuman strength&#8221; at Omaha Beach.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d seen combat in Iraq, but this seemed near impossible,&#8221; said the director, history professor <a href=\"https:\/\/history.sdsu.edu\/people\/daddis\">Gregory A. 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