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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from September 9.

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Michael Korda, Ike: An American Hero

4 posted on 09/12/2013 4:34:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

5 posted on 09/12/2013 4:34:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; henkster

I always thought the scheme to jump the 82nd into Rome was a bad idea. The Italian units either wouldn’t fight or would fight poorly and the Germans had two many divisions available. And there was no way Clark could fight his way up to the peninsula in time to effect a rescue.


12 posted on 09/12/2013 2:48:18 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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