I have been a history nut from the time of my first library card. Have had the good fortune to be surrounded by WW2 vets growing up and hunted from the camp of a WW1 vet until he died at 101. His stories were hilarious and then he would throw in one about the rats. Those men had a profound influence on my life. Not a one ever complained of his lot or regretted it. My dad said many times that he would not take a million dollars for the experience nor give a nickel to do it over again. I have said the same thing of my own experiences.
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