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Irish_Dem

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12. He is very lucky to have lived through that day.

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 10:15 PM

Jan 2025

He sounds like a good man. Yes I am glad he was spared what we witnessed today.

My dad was a kid flying the Burma Hump as a tail gunner then stayed career military.
I don't think it is possible to describe his feelings or language if he had seen current events.
Dem to his core, born and raised in Boston of Irish parents. Grew up in an Irish Dem city.

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