The Candy Bomber..

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11-15-2014, 04:58 AM

ljptexas

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The Candy Bomber..

A true WW II story told by Tom Brokaw. 13 min. 20 sec.
www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=_vR2wgq0ZMc
You'll have to copy & paste..

11-15-2014, 05:16 AM

Homespun

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Whoa, you forgot to mention get tissues!

11-15-2014, 09:59 AM

Grandma Bonnie

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What a wonderful story! Thank you so much for posting!

11-16-2014, 03:01 AM

DebbieJJ

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Wow, powerful message of love and caring! Where's my tissue box?

11-16-2014, 05:19 AM

celwood

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What a great story. Homespun is right you should have warned us to have tissues handy

11-16-2014, 04:00 PM

madamekelly

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Thank you for the gift of this story. It has warmed my heart.

11-17-2014, 08:11 AM

damaquilts

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Great story..so many lessons for people today if they will only see them. But yeah tissue warning.

11-17-2014, 09:45 AM

ShirlR

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Thank you. This was beautiful, tears flowed.

11-17-2014, 12:28 PM

maryfrang

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I think we really did have a Great Generation. Too bad that there are so few of them left. I thank them for today. I just hope some day our generation can be like them. I also want to thank the Army Air Force for a step to days Air Force. The left very big shoes to fill.