Local WWII vet's tribute

[Rickysa]

Thursday marks 75 years since the D-Day Invasion, the largest amphibious assault in history.

The few remaining American survivors are all older than 90, and only a handful will be able to make the trip to Normandy for what likely will be the last major anniversary ceremony while any are still alive.

Among them will be one who just found a way for his memories to live on: At age 98, when most of life's big surprises would seem to be behind you, Ray Lambert has become an author.

He's written a memoir of his war years, co-written with the man who helped write American Sniper. It's titled Every Man a Hero, a reference to the all men in his unit.

He agreed to write it, he said, partly because the values that held the country together seem to be eroding.

"Perhaps they should teach a little more in schools about World War II," Lambert said, "and how the generation at that time, my generation, loved the country and respected the flag and was willing to fight for our families and our country."

https://www.wunc.org/post/98-d-day-survivor-has-written-book-and-making-one-last-trip-normandy

[KFC911]

I gotta go...back later for this thread Rick...

Ima gonna be contacting you in few weeks...and not about audio issues either. You have been warned

[Rickysa]

You have been warned

[masraum]

I was just checking to see if this had been posted. I see that it has.

Here's a post that I made about the same guy 3 months after this post.

Story of a D-Day survivor

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He agreed to write it, he said, partly because the values that held the country together seem to be eroding

That is the fking understatement of the day...American brains have turned to mush...too much dope and acid has turned them into simpering idiots. I long for those days when guys like us had it made, girls were girls and men were men. We didn't need no welfare state, everybody pulled his weight. People seemed content, the freaks were in a circus tent. Hair was short and the skirts were long. I just don't know what went wrong. Boy those were the days.


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