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May 21, 2020

Memorial Day is not about barbecue, chili or doing drugs with cousin Jasper.

For Yanks, Memorial Day is about resolute if terrified men and women, innocents all, who died, often alone, 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)