06/06/2026
I had not been born when this man landed on Normandy Beach 82 years ago today.
My friend Stg. Harold Gross was among the many who heard the message loud and clear from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower just before.
"The hope and prayers of freedom loving people EVERYWHERE are with you."
The lessons I learned from him have remain too vast to summarize here but suffice it to say, I'm grateful to him and many others.
This memory and portrait of Harold was made the day I met him. The day in 2023 when a fragment of that era's history, walked into my studio.
To Harold and the greatest generation with so much love and gratitude!
Still the anthem of "freedom loving people everywhere."