Selasa, 07 Maret 2017

The Lucky Bastard Club

Members of this informal brotherhood considered themselves fortunate to have survived World War II. “Would you like to see my Lucky Bastard Club certificate?” Paul Anderson asked me. We had struck up a conversation at the Glenns Ferry Historical Museum in Idaho after I commented on the cap he was wearing, embroidered with the image …

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