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jamesatemple

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10. Grown men don't cry?

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2024, 02:47 PM

Jun 2024

Well, this 83 year old man has been blubbering all morning. I had those same feelings as I watched the D-Day Darlings when those old-timers, soldiers from WWII, came on stage on one of the Britain's Got Talent shows. You'd think that I had cut up a tub of onions.

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"You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional moment with Ukraine's Zelenskyy at D-Day ceremony [View all] blue-wave Jun 2024 OP

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