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Old 05-26-2024, 05:48 PM
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My older brother's 2nd wife's father landed at Normandy in June or July of 1944. Saw action in that area and took a tour of that area a few years ago with his daughter and my brother. His biggest problem with the visit was finding a place to pee with all the tourists in the area. I guess there was a lot of competition for bathrooms and other facilities.

Some of his fellow soldiers would have been buried in the American Cemetery in Normandy.
My Dad served in WWII

His dad served in WWI

Those generations were handed a lot to deal with.