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CTyankee

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2. As a 3rd generation Texan, I am sad about this outcome...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:15 PM

Aug 12

I think about my uncle Tim who served in Texas's state senate. He was giving a speech on the Senate floor when he was informed that his son, my cousin Bill, had parachuted into France and was MIA. Later he did regroup. Family lore has it that he was hidden in farmhouses on his way to Paris (I think that is where his group was to regroup (reconoitre?).

Any WW2 historians here who could fill me in?

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Texas Democrats face a "complicated" long game [View all] marmar Aug 12 OP

I hope they hold out as long as possible, which will also stop anything else from being passed MichMan Aug 12 #1

As a 3rd generation Texan, I am sad about this outcome... CTyankee Aug 12 #2