This work began as a promise to Frank Joseph DeVita, USCG, a Higgins boat ramp operator at Omaha Beach who spent the last decades of his life telling the stories of the men who never came home. Frank asked future generations to “love your freedom, because that’s what we fought for,” and he charged us to keep those memories alive. D-Day Leadership Academy exists, in no small part, to honor that charge. In Frank’s name, and in honor of all who fought beside him, we bring students and families to the very beaches, fields, and cemeteries of Normandy and pair those visits with the firsthand stories of the men who were there. Our commitment is simple and unshakable: to carry their testimonies forward with accuracy, reverence, and courage, so that those we bring to Normandy understand the cost of freedom and feel a personal responsibility to guard it.