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Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

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496 points danso | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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lenerdenator ◴[01 Apr 25 14:13 UTC] No.43547026[source]▶
It hurts to see the generation that won WWII pass, not the least bit because we seem to have forgotten the lessons from their struggle.
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deadbabe ◴[01 Apr 25 14:24 UTC] No.43547139[source]▶
In their prime, they too forgot the lessons of their own ancestors struggle.
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1. potato3732842 ◴[01 Apr 25 16:38 UTC] No.43548826[source]▶
One of the films in the Why We Fight series opens by following a handful of very old men attending the 1941 Independence Day, or perhaps it was Memorial day, parade in Washington DC. The narrater later informs the viewer that these men are veterans of the Civil War.