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There Has Never Been A Military Operation Remotely Approaching The Scale And The Complexity Of D-day. It Involved 176,000 Troops, More Than 12,000 Airplanes, Almost 10,000 Ships, Boats, Landing Craft, Frigates, Sloops, And Other Special Combat Vessels--all Involved In A Surprise Attack On The Heavily Fortified North Coast Of France, To Secure A Beachhead In The Heart Of Enemy-held Territory So That The March To Germany And Victory Could Begin. It Was Daring, Risky, Confusing, Bloody, And Ultimately Glorious [p.25]

It's So Much Easier To Do It Right Than To Do It Wrong.

It's Not The Questions That Get Us In Trouble - It's The Answers.

I Think They Are Paying A Lot More Attention To News Now, By The Way, In Part Because Of National-security Issues. A Lot Of Young People Have Friends Or Family In The Military Today.

The Wwii Generation Shares So Many Common Values: Duty, Honor, Country, Personal Responsibility And The Marriage Vow " For Better Or For Worse--it Was The Last Generation In Which, Broadly Speaking, Marriage Was A Commitment And Divorce Was Not An Option