203 - D-Day & Battle Of The Bulge: The LUCKY Life Of A 102 Year Old Veteran! | Unsubscribe Podcast Ep 203

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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0:30.0	I got in on the planning of the invasion.
0:33.5	I got the bronze star for that.
0:35.8	All these little stories tired in your life to being the luckiest man ever.
0:39.6	It's a beautiful story.
0:40.9	We kicked Hitler's ass right out of Europe.
0:43.6	I assume there was a statute of limitations to that.
0:45.8	You can talk about it now?
0:47.5	I don't care anyway.
0:48.8	What can they do to me?
0:50.3	That's my boy.
0:53.3	Say hi to Eli.
0:57.9	He's racially ambiguous.
1:00.4	Brandon.
1:01.9	His hair is fucking fabulous.
1:04.3	Donor.
1:05.7	A dark joke disposition.
1:07.8	And there's a fat electrician.
1:09.7	Welcome to unsubscribe oh hey everyone quick update
1:14.3	these go on self uh today you can they're up but desert night camo and brown and green yay okay
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