A shed, just beyond the edge of the sacred ground at Omaha Beach, was the site of the court-martial of an American solider who raped a local woman, shortly after the landing. He was executed immediately on Eisenhower’s orders. The Russians, the Germans, the Japanese tolerated, even encouraged rape as a practical means of terrorizing “inferiors.” The Americans did not. These and other values were defended with Allied blood, and we must see they never slip quietly away.