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StClone

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3. My Father survived Omaha Beach

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 03:39 PM

Dec 2020

And as a kid I liked a lot of Glenn Miller, but Dad's taste for Miller did not survive. Great loss in my opinion of a generation of music. Planes have sure taken a lot of lives from Lynyrd, Croce and the day the music died.

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WWII: Dec. 15, 1944, Musician Glenn Miller Flt. Lost Over English Channel; Battle of the Bulge Began [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

That video is really well done! irisblue Dec 2020 #1

Nice remix from 2018, NYC skyscrapers and Art Deco lettering appalachiablue Dec 2020 #4

Wow! Thanks for this. pandr32 Dec 2020 #2

I didn't realize he was missing that long, 10 days and they appalachiablue Dec 2020 #5

My Father survived Omaha Beach StClone Dec 2020 #3

It was a great generation of music, mom said they danced appalachiablue Dec 2020 #6

OPPPS so sorry my Dad was on Utah Beach! StClone Dec 2020 #7

No problem. My father never said much either, but I wished appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8