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American Boyscouts in Nha Trang

I found this picture in the collection of photos from the French journalist Francois Sully that are online thru the library at the Univ. of Massachusetts. It’s undated, but says it’s American Boyscouts at Nha Trang. I wonder if Harrison Shaffer is one of those pictured.

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Francois Sully photographs of Vietnam

A collection of about 1,000 b&w photos taken by a French journalist in Saigon (principally early to middle 1960s) is available online at the Healey Library of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Most are military related, some with U.S. military men identified by name, from NCOs up through Gen. Westmoreland. But there are also [...]

Dalida - Born to Sing

Today Frank sent a picture of him standing next to the bust of Dalida in Montmartre. You can view it by clicking here.

This got me thinking about Dalida and her music – and how every so often a person comes along who was born to sing, and through their music they change the [...]

Epitome Of Hell: D-Day Normandy Invasion June 6, 1944 – 65th Anniversary Ceremony

FREEDOM

BROTHERHOOD

SACRIFICE

VICTORY

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”

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