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70 years ago today - the invasion of southern France
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08-21-2014, 08:49 PM

So the 540th landed on Camel Green beach (at least HQ and 1st Bn). Is that right? That would have been with the 36th ID. I don't know that I ever knew that.

 

Sad to say that most people don't even know that this ever happened. "D-Day. That was Normandy, right?"

 

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Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
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