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Here Rests in Honored Glory
A COMRADE IN ARMS
Known But to God |
The
story of D-Day:
An Overview of Operation Overlord
(merci to
Instapundit for the link)
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American troops look across the peaceful terrain that was so deadly
on June 6, 1944, that their predecessors called it Bloody Omaha |
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| Getting ready for the 21-gun salute at Omaha Beach |
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| VIPs landing on the sand near Colleville-sur-Mer |
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The Normandy American Cemetery on the 75th anniversary of D-Day:
With a Frenchman, an Englishman, and a handful of U.S. Republicans in France, we headed out to Normandy a day earlier (to an airBNB on June 5) in pouring rain, and the following day, the weather had cleared up � just like in 1944 |
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Why, yes my daddy is a United States Marine
� how did you guess? |
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| Paul Wirth, a few hours before being named Chevalier de la L�gion d'Honneur |
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Paul Wirth's shirt says it all: 5 battle stars � Omaha Beach (2nd Wave), France,
The Bulge, Belgium, Germany (1st Americans into Berlin) |
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No Regrets Tour: The sign for a 100-year-old vet by
the name of Sidney seems to be a dig at a previous president |
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| All World War II veterans are at least in their 90s � one outfit that is instrumental in bringing them back to the battlefields of their youth is the Best Defense Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of all vets with Battlefield Return, Operation Archive and Transition Programs |
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| The Macrons and the Trumps meet at the Normandy American Cemetery |
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| Moving speeches were made by the presidents of France and the United States |
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Smaller allies who participated in the Normandy landings were given their due, with
Macron mentioning the Danes, among others, while Trump brought up the Norwegians |
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After becoming the fifth veteran to be named Chevalier de la L�gion d'Honneur,
Paul Wirth won't let go of Donald Trump but insists on a final word |
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A sailor from the Pacific War made it to Europe's battlefields; When posing for the photo,
he told me, in no uncertain terms, "Now, hold your back up straight!" |
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