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Danascot

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32. My father was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne

Reply to Foamfollower (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 07:14 PM

Aug 2017

and jumped into Normandy in the early morning hours of D-day. He fought in the battle of the La Fiére Causeway and later in the Battle of the Bulge. It's better that he isn't alive now to see what's going on.

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My father was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Danascot Aug 2017 #32

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