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VE Day...75 Years Ago.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the official end to the war in Europe. It was certainly a time for celebration for countries tired of years of death and destruction...though for most the agony continued for many years as the rebuilding process took place.
The man in the photo is a neighbor of mine...he was a Navy gunner on a landing craft at Omaha Beach, wounded that day by German machine gun fire. I think he is about 93 years old now...the gal next to him is his wife of 70 years! https://www.militarytimes.com/off-du...und-the-world/
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This is a sobering reminder of the sacrifices made by those whose served to protect our country and liberties.
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Please thank your neighbor for me. We were to leave on a trip overseas next week and one of the stops would be Normandy. We were there three years ago and I wanted to get back again.
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Many of these WARRIORS survive today ... SALUTE!!!!!!
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You've never lived until you've almost died -- for those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know! |
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VE Day...
Just got off the phone with one of my best friends...Marty Allen. Lives upstate in the Adirondacks...called to say hello, he is a WW2 vet...served in the 11th Airborne occupation force in Japan. He lived in a Japanese school house!
He is an author and had his own newspaper column for twenty years called; "To Make a Long Story Short"...amazing guy...he is my hero The photo is me and Marty up at the camp on the West Canada...
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My father survived a plane crash in the North Sea while serving in the RCAF in England. Of course if he had not, I wouldn't be typing this. |
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To all the Vets out there... thank you!
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