Every few years, somebody dusts off the phrase “toxic masculinity” and uses it to explain everything from loud pickup trucks to dads who refuse to ask for directions.
The young men packed into Higgins boats on June 6, 1944, had no idea what waited beyond the ramp.
They knew only that machine guns, artillery, and death were somewhere ahead.
They were scared.
Many were barely out of high school. Yet when the ramp dropped, enough of them stepped forward anyway.
Today we’re told that stoicism, toughness, risk-taking, and self-sacrifice are symptoms of “toxic masculinity.” Funny. Those same traits stormed Normandy, liberated Europe, and helped save the free world.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s fear that keeps walking. And civilization owes more than it likes to admit to generations of men willing to do exactly that.
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