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A Veteran of D-Day and a Lady – reprinted from Aug 2006
On my safari yesterday, I had the pleasant surprise of meeting a World War II vet. My first thoughts were, unfairly, “They don’t allow her kind in the Army.” She was there at D-Day, in combat. And here she is, over sixty years later, still looking good and serving in her own way. My dad, a vet of the same war, would have been both astonished and pleased to have met her. This is the first thing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Military, World War II
US Paras Liberate Sainte Mere Eglise
It was the middle of the night and the town of Sainte Mere Eglise was on fire. Occupied by the Germans since June 18, 1940, the town had survived several allied air raids. A stray incendiary bomb from one of those raids had set a building near the town square on fire and it was spreading. The townspeople formed a chain to ferry water from the pump in the town square to the fire. At about 1:30 … Read entire article »
Filed under: History, Military, World War II
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