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Old 06-05-2019, 07:44 AM
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As most of us in TV know, tomorrow is the anniversary of start of D Day, Battle of Normandy. 75 years ago tomorrow.

1. "our generation" knows its importance and the subject matter quite well.

2. Wonder the % of under 30's can answer that question.

3. I cannot watch the first 20 minutes of 'Saving Private Ryan' anymore. One reason is that my former Father-in-Law was on one of the first landing boats but it capsized 2 miles from the beach. He almost drowned but made it to another ship - then hit the beach after 4 hours or so, not in the first wave and made it out alive. He died at 94 a few years ago. Yes, the greatest Generation.

I sometimes ponder the "what if"... the Allied forces lost, and what our world would be like... We owe so much...
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