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20 July 2023 Garand Picture of the Day
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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A lot of smiles in that photo though many hard days ahead.
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Originally Posted by
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though many hard days ahead.
It's been a long road from Omaha or Utah beach too, if those guys were actually involved.
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What a day it must have been!
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From what I can tell, the Parisians never forgave the United States
for liberating them. 
Folks in Normandy are different.
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Originally Posted by
Bob Womack
From what I can tell, the Parisians never forgave the
United States for liberating them.
Folks in Normandy are different.
Bob
Parisians are like any population of capital cities. They do not represent the country.
But I'm 100% sure they were all happy that day.
They started criticising the day after
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