Well, I was going to spend this week, the week of the 75th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1944), researching what my relatives experienced on and around D-Day. It was a lofty goal for just a week of research restricted to evenings after work (while putting in a fairly large vegetable garden!). So, it didn't go quite as I expected - instead, I got pulled into the compelling story of D-Day. I did some research into established facts about D-day, looked at timelines and picture, getting a more and more detailed picture of what happened and decisions that were made. These can and have filled books and scholarly papers about just every aspect of D-Day. Then I read an article in the Globe and Mail that talked about the 5 best books/films about D-Day. Top of the list was the movie "The Longest Day". I found that my local library had Blue Ray copies so went out over my lunch break to pick up a copy. Not only is this a movie about "The Longest D...
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