Posted on 06/17/2012 12:37:01 PM PDT by se99tp
When we open our newspapers on Fathers Day, we expect to find something nice about dadsoften heroic dads. Yet, for every boy or girl whose father was a doctor or Marine who stormed the beaches of Normandy, there is a dad who was more complicated; not a great dad but one still loved and had an impact, sometimes in unorthodox ways. This describes a father Ive studied: Jack Reagan, father of the late president, Ronald Reagan.
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History faux pas, Paul.
While several hundred United States Marines were involved in the landings on D-Day, the storming of the beaches at Normandy was done by GIs.
Excellent post. Thanks.
Bump!
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