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Botany

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2. The #s are brutal. Thank you for posting.

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Fri Jun 7, 2024, 07:35 AM

Jun 2024

“By the time they were relieved by troops from Omaha Beach on June 8, Bell said, only 90 of the original 225 were “still able to bear arms.” All told, 77 were killed and 152 wounded.“

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It is a dramatic story, "story" is the key word. It really made a heroic tale and the part about scaling the cliffs captain queeg Jun 2024 #1

The #s are brutal. Thank you for posting. Botany Jun 2024 #2