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AMERICANS RACE INTO BRITTANY, SMASH GERMAN ATTACKS TO EAST (8/2/44)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 8/2/44
| E.C. Daniel, G.H. Archambault, David Anderson, W.H. Lawrence, Richard J.H. Johnston, George Horne
Posted on 08/02/2014 4:25:49 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: history; milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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To: henkster
Maybe you could say they were green momentarily as they were marched through ....
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08/02/2014 4:22:19 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(Destroy them before they learn how to aim.)
To: henkster
Sorry for the huge image. But I thought ‘what the heck,’ because the detail is remarkable...
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08/02/2014 4:23:04 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(Destroy them before they learn how to aim.)
To: EternalVigilance
This is one of my favorite images from the whole war.
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08/02/2014 4:34:48 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(There comes a time when liberty must fight, or die.)
To: henkster
ESCAPE ROUTE, NORMANDY, AUGUST 1944. From a painting by W.A. Ogilvie, M.B.E..
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08/02/2014 4:44:48 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(There comes a time when liberty must fight, or die.)
To: henkster
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08/02/2014 7:23:35 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(There comes a time when liberty must fight, or die.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
It’s a shame Dewey didn’t defeat that terminally ill old commie FDR, if only they didn’t cover up his illness.
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08/02/2014 8:57:55 PM PDT
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Impy
(Think for yourself)
To: henkster
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08/02/2014 9:33:30 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(There comes a time when liberty must fight, or die.)
To: EternalVigilance; henkster
I spent a week of vacation in a rented house in Brittany. It's beautiful country and much of the coastline is spectacular.
From the map I can see why Patton gained so much ground so fast. Once past Coutances there was no organized opposition, just a few garrisons.
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