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To: ConorMacNessa

Thanks for the pic. A childhood friend of mine who is retired Navy (after 27 years) sent me an article a few years back that had a recent interview with one of the guys in the pic (I believe those were Army Rangers right before D-Day). It was terrific...Ike was wonderful (even though he graduated dead last in his class at West Point).


7 posted on 02/19/2010 7:32:47 AM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: Pharmboy

Your welcome, Pharmboy - the pic is General Eisenhower addressing members of the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles) right before D-Day.


8 posted on 02/19/2010 7:35:58 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: Pharmboy
Ike was wonderful (even though he graduated dead last in his class at West Point).

Not true. He was 61st out of 164 --- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dwight_eisenhower.htm

20 posted on 02/19/2010 8:26:15 AM PST by Ditto (Directions for Clean Government: If they are in, vote them out. Rinse and repeat.)
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