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71 years ago today was D-Day June 6, 1944
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NOTE: On NNR Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports and I talked about game 1 of the NBA finals.

My Dad was the first man on Omaha Red two hours before the D-Day invasion. We lose hundreds of World War II veterans every day. That group has been called the Greatest Generation. I believe that honor is well deserved.

I was 22 before I found out that Dad had won the Bronze Star with V for valor. He never talked about his service until he joined the VFW. That caused him for the first time to be willing to re-live his … Read more at FryingPanSports

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