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American History

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1. I visited the WW-II Museum in New Orleans years ago.

Mon Jun 3, 2019, 08:58 PM

Jun 2019

There was a Higgins boat on display. The docent standing by the boat and answering questions rode one to Normandy on D-Day.

It was mind blowing.

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