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Re: D-Day + 70 years: Normandy beaches are still an important destination
My father was in D-Day plus 5. Like a lot in the greatest generation, he spoke little about the experience only to say that he did enough camping to last him his lifetime. I visited the Normandy beaches as a young man but I'd like to go back in better weather.
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Re: D-Day + 70 years: Normandy beaches are still an important destination
Funny...my father, who arrived a few months later, also had that feeling about camping. And then later, after 6 months as liaison to a South Korean corps commander, he swore off rice for many years...
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January 12, 2020: Evita, Ministry of Health building, Buenos Aires
DrFumblefinger admires the portraits of Evita on this tall government office building in Buenos Aires.
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Time to Tucker Up
DrFumblefinger's fine article on the Tampa Auto Museum got me thinking about another Florida auto museum I've been to, the Tallahassee Auto Museum. I'll review it on Monday. One of the main attractions there is the the Tucker. For a lot of car...
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June 9, 2019: Kahana Beach Park, Oahu
DrFumblefinger shares a visit to a lovely beach park on the windward side of Oahu.
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February 15, 2019: Burly Pine, Banff
DrFumblefinger comes across this unusually shaped pine tree while hiking in Banff National Park
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A Lady in Verona
DrFumblefinger came across this pretty dog while wandering the streets of Verona.
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D-Day + 70 years: Normandy beaches are still an important destination
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings on five beaches in Normandy by Allied forces, beginning the liberation of France and Northern Europe, and helping crush the Nazi war machine already being driven back to its own territory by the by the Soviet Red Army in the east.