Seventy-five years ago, more than 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. And while we all know that day served as a huge turning point for the Allied cause, you probably haven’t thought much about what those soldiers carried with them to eat during and after the invasion. Food had […]
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In case you needed another reason to eat chocolate. Thank you to GP Cox for the post. I didn’t know about the fourth requirement, but I liked your comment on it.
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Thank you very much for helping to share this history!
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You are welcome. I was in elementary school when I read Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and the book got me interested in history in general and World War II specifically. A lot of my book reports after that were World War II related and I included dioramas and maps as part of the presentation to the class.
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Similar here. Once I found my father’s scrapbook, my book reports related to WWII.
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Reblogged this on Guam Christian Blog and commented:
As a veteran and a chocolate and coffee lover, thank you.
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You are welcome and thank you for your service.
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Nice post I read a while back; as a Marine vet I appreciate hot choclate too!
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I could live on hot chocolate as a substitute for water although I don’t drink it much these days. It’s getting that time of year where I may have to start back.
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👍
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