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To: Dallas59

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. came ashore with a cane and a pistol at Utah Beach. He was the only general to lead his troops ashore by sea. They landed a mile away from where they should have been. He found the right place and said, “We’ll start the war from right here!”


27 posted on 06/06/2014 2:14:48 PM PDT by abishai
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To: abishai
He was the only general to lead his troops ashore by sea.

That is, in the FIRST WAVE of troops, sorry.

29 posted on 06/06/2014 2:23:43 PM PDT by abishai
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And promptly died of a heart attack


31 posted on 06/06/2014 4:41:25 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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