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May 25, 2015

Today? Today is not about barbecue, pool openings or drinking with your deranged Uncle Jasper.

For us Yanks, today is about resolute if terrified men and women, innocents all, who died, sometimes horribly and in confusion, in American military engagements.

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June 6, 1944. U.S. army officer watching Norman coast as his landing craft approaches Omaha Beach.

Posted by JD Hull at 12:59 AM | Comments (0)