One of the lesser-known stories of the preparations for D-Day centers around a highly-secretive mission gone-wrong at Slapton Sands.
The soldiers and sailors who participated in that preparation deserve equal honorariums and remembrance, as they too are of The Greatest Generation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NQGFLKjgPI
D-Day, June 6, 1944-2022
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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