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2017-06-07 -Land of the Free

Haunting D-Day photos of brave Allied troops wading ashore in France and soldiers lying dead on the beach are transformed with colour on the 73rd anniversary of the Normandy landings

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-06-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 As a young kid growing up in the 1940s and later working with some of these folks who went on shore on D-Day, I am still in awe of them and what they did.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-07 08:28|| 2017-06-07 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I have to post something about this man who I had the honor of meeting back in the early 60s.: Hulon B. Whittington. He fought his way from North Africa up through Sicily to the France.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-07 11:19|| 2017-06-07 11:19|| Front Page Top

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