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Use Google Earth or your favorite map app to find 67-38 N, 5W. North of the Arctic Circle, and closer to Iceland than Norway. Late February. I'd salute, but it's hard to do that well when you're crying.

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People need to read what happens in an actual war. Everything goes wrong, and then its luck and grit that determine the outcome. Thank you for this story.

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I don't normally self-promote, but as a transporter (just of the airborne variety), this subject hits close to home:

https://cimsec.org/sealift-forces-for-the-future-operating-environment-an-airlifters-perspective/

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Fullbore indeed.

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