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Richard Winters of Hershey, Pennsylvania, a first lieutenant in the 101st Airborne, came back to the outskirts of Ste.-Mere-Eglise and could identify every building, every wall, every swell of land where he had landed. Jesse Franklin of Concord, New Hampshire, a military policeman sent to Omaha Beach to direct traffic, recalled that there was no traffic to direct. He hugged the sand on the orders of Colonel George Taylor, commanding the 16th regimental combat team of the First Division. Looking up, Franklin saw the colonel caked with sand and mud to his shoulders, bawling the now famous charge...
Even as the vets fade away, the D-day anniversary may evolve into a continuous celebration of liberty. On the sunny afternoon last week when the modern paratroopers leaped from their huge C-130s near Ste.-Mere-Eglise, the hundred thousand spectators on the ground were in a picnic mood. Most of them were French families with grandfathers and kids, American flags tucked behind their ears and in their hair. They lolled on the grass, cheering the flawless parachute patterns. Such meaningful fun will doubtless endure...
Governorships, which used to go for a mere million or so, also appear to have appreciated in value. Colorado's oil magnate Bruce Benson, the favored Republican nominee for the statehouse, anticipates a possible $6 million general campaign. Benson has a nest egg of $50 million to $100 million to draw from, but he hopes to rely mostly on donated money...
Because of the his family's reputation on the island, Rep. Kennedy's mere presence--regardless of his campaign platform--elicited widespread support, says Porfirio Bonet, an administrator at Hospital Hermanos Melendez...
...Massachusetts governor, he has achieved fame and power. Perhaps more impressively, as an undergraduate, he finished his senior honors thesis in a mere two weeks...