[DeTomaso] D-Day

[Bill Lewis]

One of my favorite authors, and if you like him, he has 30-40 books is W.E.B. Griffin - writes a lot of WWII novels.  --BILL Lewis

> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:51:47 +0000
> From: cengles at cox.net
> To: red3644 at hotmail.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] D-Day
> 
> 
> 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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