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Geregistreerd op: 5-1-2006 Berichten: 3303 Woonplaats: Hoek van Holland
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Geplaatst: 29 Mei 2017 11:21 Onderwerp: Editorial: Our duty to the Great War |
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Quote: | RONALD REAGAN and Steven Spielberg awakened new generations of Americans to the significance of Omaha Beach and the profound sacrifices made in Europe during the Second World War.
Can the same be done for commemorating the First World War, which has now entered its centennial year?
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A story — a very complicated and, in some ways, problematic story — lies behind the American remembrance of its World War I dead, which numbered more than 116,000. Over the months of the centennial — meaning between now and November 2018 — there will be something of a national effort to illuminate this era. |
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