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An Old Captain Remembers World War II

Jun 9th, 2012 | By
An Old Captain Remembers World War II

As each day passes fewer people have any first or even second-hand connection to World War II. This year our president did nothing to commemorate D-Day (deciding campaigning was a better use of his time than actually acknowledging the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform). Therefore, it is important that Jeff Shaara does for this generation what Herman Wouk did for the last: remind us all that it happened. In his World War II trilogy, Shaara paints a vivid picture of the madness and heroism than gripped our world from 1938-1945. Many names
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