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Danny’s War

JL;DR SUMMARY Set during World War II, "Danny's War" by Jay Neugeboren narrates the intense experiences of soldiers Danny and his friend as they fight in a ferocious battle near Chambois, France. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipFriendshipWorld War IiSacrificeFranceSoldiersFaithHopeCombatChambois

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Chambois, Orne, France
"Wed made camp outside the town of Chambois, near Falaise, about 20 miles south of Caen, where we had hundreds of Krauts trapped, and had been given orders on how to mop upwhat to do when we captured Germans, and especially about not taking revenge for buddies wed lostand I think wed started some serious dreaming about going home."
Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States
"Danny and I had done our basic training at Fort Knox, where we were on an all-service football team together, and now, three years later, we were dug in next to each other at the edge of an apple orchard, andyou had to admire the Krauts for their gutsthey were coming at us with whatever tanks they had left that still had gas in them, soldiers with machine guns and flamethrowers flanking the tanks."

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