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65th Anniversary of Leyte Gulf
With a woosh and a crack the whip played its tune… “Ok! Focus!!!” she commanded in menacing tones, “This is not about SJS’s conscripts. This is about me. I am looking bad on Twitter. The Army killed on the D-Day commemorations and we have bupkis going here!” Again the whip played its stinging dance on…