D-day remembered...Honor your WWII family member with a photo
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It's easy to get wrapped up in the day to day.
Even these little discs of metal, precious to one or many, can absorb us. Some are fascinated by their design, some by their originality. Some seek out rarities and key dates, and still others collect the newest offerings from the US mint. But for many if not all of us, it's the love of history that brought us to numismatics.
70 years ago today, a little event happened across the pond that came to be known as "D-day," the great liberation of Europe. June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Tens of thousands of American boys set out in amphibious landing craft this day in history to storm the beaches of Normandy against almost insurmountable odds on Omaha and Utah. It has always captivated me, and I hold the highest admiration for the men and women who served our country during the Second World War in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.
Let's take a moment to honor the veterans of WWII by posting a pic of a family member that was "over there."
Lt. Albert Wells, DD-508 Cony, 1943-1945, South Pacific
Even these little discs of metal, precious to one or many, can absorb us. Some are fascinated by their design, some by their originality. Some seek out rarities and key dates, and still others collect the newest offerings from the US mint. But for many if not all of us, it's the love of history that brought us to numismatics.
70 years ago today, a little event happened across the pond that came to be known as "D-day," the great liberation of Europe. June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Tens of thousands of American boys set out in amphibious landing craft this day in history to storm the beaches of Normandy against almost insurmountable odds on Omaha and Utah. It has always captivated me, and I hold the highest admiration for the men and women who served our country during the Second World War in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.
Let's take a moment to honor the veterans of WWII by posting a pic of a family member that was "over there."
Lt. Albert Wells, DD-508 Cony, 1943-1945, South Pacific
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He was only 5' 7", and weighed less than 100 pounds when released.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
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I sure miss him....
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