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May 31, 2021Liked by Gary Mackender

Hear, hear Gary. My dad just died a little over a year and a half ago at 96. He had many World War II stories to tell, but they were always funny stories. Such as drinking helmets full of Belgian beer in Belgium, “rescuing” wine in France, etc. He never spoke of the day to day horrors that I’m sure he saw constantly. I will never forget watching Saving Private Ryan with him, and if you remember the opening sequence, it left my dad shaking visibly. He was in D-Day, he was also in Patton‘s third army at the end of the war. I can only imagine the things that he saw and went through, but they will only be in my imagination now forever.

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May 31, 2021Liked by Gary Mackender

Paul ('The Iraq War will pay for itself') Wolfowitz always a good name to draw ire toward the very worst of the Bush/Cheney/Hastert era 'New World Order'. His 'doctrine' and utter misreading of the situation might've subjected a lesser policy wonk to obscurity, but instead he was rewarded as prez of the World Bank (what else?). He would later (unsuccessfully) audition for a post in the Orange administration, but somebody (Bannon?) said 'unh-uh'. Chas (our Dad) loved 'Wolfy' almost as much as I did. Here's to Chas and his older brothers in WWII, and younger brother Dick in Korea, a household of service to Country.

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