| Tampa, FL � What you�re about to read
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| | who were at Normandy 64 years ago are
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| is the story of a duffle bag. It is also
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| | turning 82-years-old this year.
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| a story of ours�specifically Leo E.
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| | �Americans cannot forget the heroes who
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| Ours. This man carried that duffle bag
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| | died on the battlefields so we must
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| on June 6, 1944; D-Day.
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| | gather the spoken history of our service
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| �My father told us little about his
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| | people and their families to fully
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| participation in the war with the 662nd
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| | document the details of our history,�
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| Medical Clearing Company following
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| | says Ours� Jr. �I was so moved and
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| Patton�s 3rd Army across Europe,�
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| | intrigued by his stories that I felt
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| reveals Leo Ours, Jr., author of the new
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| | compelled to write this book detailing my
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| book, �Hospital on Wheels: World War II
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| | father�s service to our country.�
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| MASH.� Ours Jr. says his father would
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| | Ours Jr. realizes many men who were at
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| occasionally speak about humorous
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| | D-Day don�t feel comfortable talking
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| memories of the war then the laughter
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| | about their experiences. Some are scared
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| would fade, the mood would grow somber
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| | by the experiences or worried they�ll
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| and his father would drift into quiet.
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| | sound like they�re bragging. He feels
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| Like many veterans he did not want to
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| | that all veterans should try to tell
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| talk about his days at war.
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| | their stories. All Americans should
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| That is until the duffle bag began
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| | encourage WWII veterans to unzip their
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| speaking for him.
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| | memories and share their oral pieces of
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| 54-years after Leo E. Ours� duffle bag
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| | history.
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| safely saw him home at the end of the
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| | Leo motivationally declares, �They did
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| war; it was re-discovered in a friend�s
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| | their duty. Now we must do ours and help
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| attic. After the duffle bag returned to
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| | to fill-in the historical gaps; even if
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| the father�s hands, fond memories
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| | it means retelling history one veteran at
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| returned to his voice.
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| | a time.�
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| �My father started telling all the
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| | When his father's military duffle bag
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| stories,� says Ours Jr. �He told me
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| | showed up, amazingly so did his father.
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| of the day he and his duffle bag boarded
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| | The result? Our's Jr's new book
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| the S.S. Eugene E. O�Lennell. He
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| | �Hospital on Wheels: World War II
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| thought, �this is it, there is no
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| | MASH.�
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| turning back now,� and, �my god, we
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| | He doesn�t want a story of our men and
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| are going to Normandy and the war.��
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| | our nation to be lost to time. Normandy
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| Leo�s father served as a medical and
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| | now looks like a random beach where
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| surgical technician in World War II. He
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| | children play in the sand, women sunbathe
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| is one of the 3.5 million living World
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| | and men swim. The soldiers who were at
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| War II veterans. Many have spoken
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| | D-Day and those who loved them are
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| publicly about their experiences, but
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| | graying and dying with each passing year.
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| many more have not. Time is running out
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| | The only things not lost yet are the
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| for this sect of �The Greatest
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| | stories and the duffle bag that brought
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| Generation.� The youngest of the men
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| | them back to America.
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