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To: Bonemaker

I can only imagine how many packs Ike must have smoked on D-Day.


84 posted on 08/11/2019 3:33:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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D Day paratroopers:

"..., , seemingly at ease, he asked their names and hometowns and what they had done for a living before the war. One young paratrooper stopped just as he was boarding his plane, turned around and snapped a salute to the supreme allied commander, who returned it smartly and flashed a smile. Then Eisenhower turned away and wept..."

88 posted on 08/11/2019 4:26:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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