Category Archives: 40s

D-DAY 2014

June 6, 2017 – 3:09 pm

Seventy years ago 24,000 airborne troops from Canada, Britain, and the USA parachuted over the Normandy Peninsula to seize strategic positions from the undermanned German occupation army. That morning over 150,000 soldiers embarked from the greatest invasion naval force ever assembled in history. The attack caught the Nazis off-guard and by the evening the Allies […]

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La Marseillaise CASABLANCA

July 14, 2016 – 2:14 am
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Jimmy Durante’s Beer Mug

October 25, 2015 – 1:08 pm

Andre the Giant was a huge man as anyone can tell from how small the beer can looks in his hand. The champion pro wrestler was also a monstrous drinker once downing 199 beers in a sitting. The American singer/pianist Jimmy Durante aka the Schnozzola also liked his beer. And he loved his wife, Mrs. […]

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“Shocked” / CASABLANCA

February 21, 2012 – 4:58 pm
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Woody Guthrie Says Do This For A Happy New Year

January 4, 2012 – 8:20 am

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

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