https://www.stripes.com/my-grandfather-s-secret-d-day-journal-1.583760
A link to the Stars & Stripes, for those of us who don’t wish to give the Washington Post any hits.
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My Grandfathers Secret D-Day Journal
If you have viewed the Charlotte Observer too many times, you may not be able to access it for free.
The answer is: Because he was a true hero.
My Uncle, a maverick who retired as a full bird, served in three wars. I never knew much regarding his exploits until he was well into '70's.
'War stories are told by the drunks at the end of the bar.' - was one thing he said.
“If you read nothing else today, read this.”
Yes, that was good!
As a wife and mother, I was saddened reading about what he went through......his sweet letters to his wife......and her betrayal of him with another man, plus a pregnancy not his
How did he get past this?
Cinema cannot duplicate what D Day was like......although Saving Private Ryan may have come close
I left the theater for a few minutes in tears during the opening scene
There is a tendency to think of D Day in terms of the infantry hitting the beach and paratroopers. With the scale and complexity of Operation Overlord it would be impossible to imagine how many tales of this nature are untold and will be lost.
Many who've survived battle place any value on their medals.
That was great
Thank you!
The article didn’t say what sort of nightly mission they were doing on the French coast in the month before D-Day.
I read a lot of stuff today. That was hands down the best.