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Happy Hour Video, Memorial Day Edition: “My Old Man”

05.27.2011 by David Murray // 5 Comments

My old man fought in WWII, served in the Battle of the Bulge. But he worried about being called the "Greatest Generation," because it might be embarrassing to be introduced that way in heaven, "with Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln sitting there."

Happy Memorial Day, Dad. And hey to Abe.

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