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WWII veteran refuses to close the book on his life

Posted on December 10, 2013 by oawritingspoemspaintings

What a lesson! When I think how we so quickly give up our dreams and how we take for granted what appears to be so small to our eyes as reading…
This is a truly remarkable short video found on http://davidkanigan.com/2013/12/09/get-in-there-and-learn-baby-now/
Take a second to be truly inspired 🙂

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Published on Nov 8, 2013
As part of our continuing series “On the Road,” Steve Hartman meets 90-year-old Ed Bray, who served in World War II and has two Purple Hearts, but who could never read what they were for. After 89 years of covering up his illiteracy, Ed is starting a new chapter.
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News & Politics
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Another celebration! 1009 viewers!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by oawritingspoemspaintings

1009! thank you!
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I do not know what that means in blog language, but to me it means the world!

It must be about two months ( give or take ) I got introduced to the blog ” community “and never suspected the amount of knowledge I would accumulate in such a short period of time through professional writers, painters…
I am glad to have taken the first steps into wordpress, which was a huge one considering my wide gap in that department .

Thanks for all your support!

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