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A Survivor's Secret D-Day Journal

Conan

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"At one point, maybe between the walleye and the turtle cheesecake, the conversation hit a lull. Uncle Dick filled it. “Okay, Dad,” he asked. “What are you most proud of in your life?” I think I half expected my grandfather to say the time he shot even-par 72. What could be better than that? This was chitchat, brag-about-the-family stuff, set up on a tee. Instead, he knocked us over with his response. “D-Day,” he said.

I remember it as both matter-of-fact on his part and jarring to the rest of us. Why, if D-Day had been so important to him, had we never heard about D-Day?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-secret-d-day-journal/?utm_term=.205c572086e0
 

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This is a beautifully written and heart wrenching story. More of these stories need to be published and read by the younger generations to realize what these men and women went through, and how war affects everyone, including the families left at home waiting to hear from their loved ones. Thank you for posting this.
 
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