[DeTomaso] D-Day

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Michael,

              Agreed.    FWIW, there is a new book out from Pulitzer 
Prize winning author Rick Atkinson about D Day through the end of WWII: 
The Guns at Last Light
   I unknowingly started reading it on June 5th in synchronization with 
the D Day anniversary.   He has two previous books about WWII in his 
excellent trilogy: An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle.  He is an 
excellent writer who covers the war from the point of view of the common 
soldier all the way up to the top brass and the big concepts.

              On a related topic: the D Day Museum in New Orleans is 
excellent

                              Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:16 AM, michael frazier wrote:

> My neighbor was in the surf on a beach in Normandy this day many years 
> ago.
>
> He was out in his driveway when I left for work this morning and I 
> thanked him for that day and talked a bit.
>
> He said it didn't seem like too many people even know what D-Day 
> was...is....but was proud to be there.
>
> I told him people remember.
>
>
> I haven't heard or read a word about it in the media so far today. 
> There's plenty about the new celebrity
>
> hairstyles and mugshots and which one didn't finish highschool, NBA 
> scores, Whitehouse snooping.
>
>
> Take a second and think about what it must have been like to look 
> across that beach or up those cliffs.
>
> I get a chill up my back.
>
>
> Michael Frazier
>
> Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
>
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