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D-Day + 66 Years

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is difficult to think of the Normandy invasion as having taken place 66 years ago today.  Today, a young soldier who hit that beach as an 18-year-old kid is 84 years old.  His second lieutenant division officer is now … Continue reading →

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The Last V-bomb Casualties

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is almost always bad to be last. If you are the last casualty of a war, that means you survived all of the worst of the times, saw the light with the coming end of the war, and then … Continue reading →

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