My dad jumped into Normandy with the 101’ST Airborne he spent an hour wandering around alone except for seeing a few Germans , he finally hooked up with some other troopers who thought he was.a high ranking officer because he was 38. You see my father had been a Union organizer in the 30’s all over country and then fought in the Spanish Civil war he was to old for ww2 but went anyway. He was rewarded for his service by being kicked out of his National Union office during the 1950’S witch hunt for communist , never bitter for himself ( he still had his iron working card) but sad for all the lives ruined . I guess for a lot of people today my father still wouldn’t be considered a good American , he would get a laugh out of that
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