WW2 Vets gather last time to recall a fateful day


	WW2 Vets gather last time to recall a fateful day

rmowery

10-4-2009 6:07 AM

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aging, verterans, vets, ww2

rmowery says:

Just a few of the brave service members in history that we owe our Freedom too.

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10-4-2009 10:28 AM

Socratoad

Very sad methinks, being witness to the relentless thinning of the ranks of those who gave so much

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