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Originally posted by juicylinks
I got an order for a book from someone in it. Are these the guys that are the elite troopers? I was thinking of sending him the book for free
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In WWII , the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions were elite, involved in the battles of Normandy (D-Day and subsequent weeks) and Holland (Market-Garden), Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine crossing battle. They should be the same now, honoring their elite status, so you can send that book for free
To the French: they were the ones to start the liberation of France early in the morning of June 6th, 1944 - otherwise the British alone wouldn't have had the strength to do it, and the Soviets would have "liberated" Europe from the Nazis up to the Atlantic Ocean.
To the Germans: they were the ones to start the invasion of Germany, enabling more German troops to surrender to the Americans and not to the Soviets, and preventing the Soviets to create a "DDR"/"GDR" for all Germans.
So a little respect for the Americans and those who died for their freedom, now that the Soviet threat seems to be gone for good.