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To: Petronski
And I too was moved to tears in an American cemetary in France (above Omaha Beach).

I would love to do that, just not sure if I could maintain composure.

That must have been an awesome experience.

LVM

6 posted on 01/30/2005 4:45:53 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Political head butting is nothing compared to tectonic plate head butting.)
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To: LasVegasMac

I didn't bawl, but as I walked those grounds (perhaps two hours), I had the lump in the throat and the dizzying dull sense of awe and I kept wiping my eyes.

I stood on Omaha Beach at low tide and stared up at that shore, trying to imagine tank traps and whithering enemy fire.

I said a prayer of thanks over a Christian man's plot and I laid a stone on a Jewish man's marker.

Then I went back to my hotel and got drunk.



I will never forget it. Not one moment.


8 posted on 01/30/2005 4:51:51 PM PST by Petronski (Once you go Beethoven you never go back.)
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