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“I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, …” — Robert Powell
I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, which was a reserved occupation, so he didn't have to enlist. My mother was a housewife. She worked in a bank before marrying my father.
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