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WWII Vets JFK and J.D. Salinger Schooled Us in Dignity
HEROES
These very different men both came home from the war convinced that true courage had nothing to do with battle histrionics or bellicose military parades.
Nicolaus Mills
Published
May 25 2018
9:50PM EDT
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Nicolaus Mills
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