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Washed up WW2 history in Texas

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Here is a great story of some World War II history that washed up on the Texas coast.

https://news.yahoo.com/rubber-bales-wwii-era-german-162559834.html
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barnee 2024 '23 '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 @ABWorsham4
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@abworsham4 right on. I don’t normally click on yahoo but i did this time :)
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Witt Moderator 2025 2024 '23 '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 @barnee
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Good morning Worsham. Interesting. Thanks.
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ABWorsham4 @Witt
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@witt Good morning, friend.
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SuperbattleshipYamato 2024 '23 '22 @ABWorsham4
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@abworsham4

Cool story. Let’s hope this gets preserved.
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