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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (585437)6/25/2004 5:00:26 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
<<I hate to pick nits on this, but if Ms. Kingsolver is talking about American soldiers, I believe only about 30% of those who died on D-Day are buried there....the rest were brought home at the request of their families... >>

That's a bad nit to pick seeing as how the burial grounds are huge.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (585437)6/26/2004 11:23:34 PM
From: Red Heeler  Respond to of 769670
 
I think she meant all the boys who died at D-Day that are buried at that specific graveyard; not all the boys who died at D-Day, period. But please disregard that quote regarding human nature if the crosses mark the graves of non-American human beings.

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