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70th anniversary of D-DAY this year --just read about a 93 yr old ex paratrooper gonna jump "one more time" into Normandy just like he did back then !!!! Amazing !!!! Thank you sir!!!

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Amen to that. I hope all goes well for this hero on his planned adventure. Not only is the equipment a lot better now,, but I'm betting when he looks out on the beach before he jumps, that 23 year old kid will return for a moment. What an awesome trip he'll have. Thanks for sharing,, FED 387.
Danny Durham

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Amen to that! God bless him and I hope he has the jump of his life! Jim


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Important day for the Greatest Generation, to whom the entire world owes the utmost gratitude. Hope he has a phenomenal jump!

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very important day for all generations.
We must all appreciate their sacrifices.
As I appreciate our soldiers, all of them. Current, retired and those we have lost.

I thank my lucky stars for what they did for our country. I have heard so many stories from the few I personally know and knew.
The greatest generation!!!!!

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In the past 69 years every US President has visited Normandy on D Day except for 4 times--- can you guess when it was and who it was???

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Yeh, his poll numbers are in the crapper so he went this year. Jim

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I lost an uncle, Maurice, somewhere on that beach, that day.

I just double checked.....my uncle survived Normandy, with the 4th Infantry Division....However, he later was killed in Belgium. 23 years old.

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My great uncle was in the "Band of Brothers". He was Warren "Skip" Muck played by the actor Richard Speight. He made it through D-day fine but died months later outside of the town of Foy during the Battle of the Bulge. This is a really nice video that Richard made when talking to a class, talking about how he researched his role and contacted my family:

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