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Hi , my name is Laurie Holland and my

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dad was in World War two . He did not

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see combat thankfully , but he was a

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radio man in Germany and he was here at

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the end of the war . So he's , he was

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here for D Day and the liberation of

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Paris . Oh , the ceremony was so moving .

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This is my fourth time attending

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AD day celebration for the 50th . I was

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here for the 60th . I was here for the

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75th and I was here for the 80th . And

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for me , today was the most moving of

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all the most emotional of all the

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ceremonies to see those , uh , to so

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many elderly veterans making the effort

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to be here . My dad was , um , his

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involvement with D Day that he was , he

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was in the war . He was from

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Massachusetts . He did his two years

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over here , but mostly in Germany as a

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radio man . Um , but I have a huge

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scrapbook of his involvement in the war

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from the time he went into basic

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training until the telegram his family

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received , saying the war has ended and

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I'm , I'm coming home . Oh , I would

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really like to to thank all of our

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veterans . My dad was a veteran . I had

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other friends who were veterans . One

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who actually was Ad Day Omaha Beach ,

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uh , arrived on the third wave . Uh ,

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Hugh Burn . He's gone on to a better

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world , but he's an amazing . I'd like

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to thank all the , the , all the guys

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today that are working , all the young

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men and women that are in the form the

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forces now . Um Thanks for their

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service .