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ttownshaw
 Post subject: Largest Boatlift Ever
PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:56 am 
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This has probably been shared on here before but what a story of individuals coming together to do something great.

Narrated by Tom Hanks:

http://youtu.be/MDOrzF7B2Kg

What got to me - the evacuation of about 339,000 soldiers from Dunkirk in WWII took nine days and 850 boats. The evacuation of nearly 500,000 people from Manhattan took nine hours.

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I told my wife we needed a three-car garage for my projects...she told me to ask her for permission next time before I buy a house.
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