Wishful thinking 
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Got me thinking, which ally or other country for that matter?
Australia - Maybe
Canada - Nope
Mexico - Nope
Germany - EU will stop them
African Continent - Nope
Asian Countries - Can’t
Japan - Probably
Egypt - Maybe
I just can’t think of one country, that we have been subsidizing for ever, that will come to help The U.S.A. here on our turf…
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Some us won’t forget. My grandfathers brother died in France and my wife’s gradfather was part of that invasion and later a POW.
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Good morning & welcome to the community, Joe!
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Thanks!
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Welcome Joe to the Fold
You are right where you’re suppose to be Brother.
WWG1WGA
NCSWIC
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Oh man Liberty… (sob)… Thank you.
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This is a very significant historical event
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I was there for the 75th anniversary It is/was a ‘big deal’ and will always be.
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My father’s two older brothers, uncles I would never meet, were killed in Europe in WW ll. Leonard, the oldest and a rifleman with the 357th Inf. Division, 90th Inf. Reg., was killed on D-Day +8 during the horrific hedgerow fighting in France. His younger brother Robert was a paratrooper with the original Band of Brothers, the 101st Airborne, 506th P.I.R. Co. “D”. He was killed in Holland at the beginning of Operation Market Garden September 18, 1944 on the streets of Eindhoven.
My InterNet research 61 - 65 years later revealed to my family how he died, and that he had been honored for over 60 years with his name inscribed on a monument in the center of Eindhoven dedicated to the 22 paratroopers who died that day liberating their city from 4 years, 4 months and 4 days of Nazi tyranny. His grave registration number at the Son Cemetery was #1. The people of Holland have never forgotten their sacrifices, and a waiting list of (now the 4th generation of) women is kept, ready to take their turn tending the graves of our honored dead. I long for the day when such patriotic respect is given to our heroes here at home for their sacrifice in defending our freedom.
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Lots of us care. I had family in both theaters of WW2. I knew tons of WW2 Vets when I was growing up . I miss them greatly. That war is the definition of what being both American and a hero are.
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‘Citizen Soldiers’ HERO’S Gone but not Forgotten.
I had the Honor of meeting Wild Bill Guarnere (‘Gonorrhea’–edit spell check sucks’')
and Lynn ‘Buck’ Compton @ a Book Signing in 2010
Gracious, Humble folk’s, WARRIORS. R.I.P. fella’s.
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Shared by the Charles Schulz Museum
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“I think any sensible person with a grasp of history would have to admit that D-Day was the most important day of our century. Without D-Day, it’s possible that Europe could have remained for another 25 or 50 years in darkness. I’m glad I wasn’t there, and yet my admiration for the people who were knows no bounds” —Charles M. Schulz
On June 6, we commemorate D-Day, the historic moment that led to the end of World War II. Like many men of his generation, Schulz was drafted into the Army during World War II, and his service remained an integral part of his life.
Schulz was an early supporter of the National D-Day Memorial, providing a leadership donation and serving as the capital campaign chair from 1998 until his passing in 2000, just prior to the Memorial’s opening on June 6, 2001.
Today, the Memorial, for which he did so much to make possible, celebrates its 25th anniversary. To honor and remember Schulz on this milestone occasion, the National D-Day Memorial is hosting the traveling exhibition “The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz” at the Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford, Virginia, now through August 7.
This Peanuts Sunday comic strip was published on June 5, 1994.
: Courtesy @ddaymemorialddaymemorial
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