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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

On the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Posted by Conrad Kinch at 10:40 AM

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StrykerNovember 11, 2015 at 7:55 PM
That says it all - my Dad a WWII veteran is now 95...
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