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I was in the Pope O'club with my late father-in-law, retired USAF and C46 driver on D-Day and later. Some conventional C130 guys were laughing about putting some airborne guys in the trees that morning. My father-in-law excused himself, with both his hips having just been replaced, and walked over to them. They followed him out to somewhere. He returned they didn't. I asked him what went on and he said "They now know the error of their ways." He was in his 70s.
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Not trying to hijack this thread, but I just finished reading Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters. After reading this book and the above quote, I am left with a profound sadness that this magnificent generation represented by these two gentlemen is almost gone. I hope we can live up to the standards they set.