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When You Run In Places You Visit, You Encounter Things You'd Never See Otherwise.

The Response To 'the Greatest Generation' And The Books That Followed Has Been One Of The Most Satisfying Experiences Of My Life.

I Believe You Make Your Own Luck. My Motto Is ‘it’s Always A Mistake Not To Go.’ So I Jump On The Airplane, Try New Things—sometimes I Get In Way Over My Head, But Then I Think, I’ll Work My Way Out Of This Somehow. A Big Part Of Making Your Own Luck Is Just Charging Out Of The Gate Every Morning…the Thing I Love About Living In New York Is That I Never Fail To Get Up In The Morning And Think, Something Adventurous Is Going To Happen Today. The Energy Is Operating At Full Throttle All The Time. And If You Want To Be Lucky You’ve Got To Go Out And Take Advantage Of It.

There Has Never Been A Military Operation Remotely Approaching The Scale And The Complexity Of D-day. It Involved 176,000 Troops, More Than 12,000 Airplanes, Almost 10,000 Ships, Boats, Landing Craft, Frigates, Sloops, And Other Special Combat Vessels--all Involved In A Surprise Attack On The Heavily Fortified North Coast Of France, To Secure A Beachhead In The Heart Of Enemy-held Territory So That The March To Germany And Victory Could Begin. It Was Daring, Risky, Confusing, Bloody, And Ultimately Glorious [p.25]

Cable Penetrates 70 Percent Of American Audiences Now.