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2. We've been in touch with a Dutch history teacher who's written two books about actions of US troops ...

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:33 PM

Jan 4

... against German forces. He's mentioned my late FiL in both and included information from us including a letter he wrote to the parents of a casualty from his unit.

He got to go to France for a D-Day remembrance in the 70s and was treated like he was Eisenhower by the French.

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Charlie Angus is a great human. Easterncedar Jan 4 #1

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