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To: dfwgator

Vera Lynn took a highly dangerous trip to Burma in 1944 to entertain British troops there. She chose the site deliberately, because she felt that troops fighting in CBI were a ‘forgotten army’.

Straight-up heroine. God bless her.


25 posted on 03/20/2014 11:04:18 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Agreed. They don’t make them like her anymore.


26 posted on 03/20/2014 11:05:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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