A D-Day Letter From a GI to His Bride Highlights
the Resilience of the Greatest Generation
Posted By: ladydawgfan, 6/6/2021 4:58:38 PM
World War II history has always been a special interest of mine. I’m in awe of the bravery shown by the millions of men and women who served in the military and the unified efforts of the Americans at home, and, since three of my grandparents served in the military (and the fourth worked as a Rosie the Riveter and, for a brief time, with OSS) I grew up hearing family stories from that era. But in 2007, D-Day became far more personal to me. That year I was given a box of 300 letters my grandfather had written to my grandmother during World War 2,
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