(Charlie Rood) An update on a story from the WSGW Morning Team Show last Friday as part of our D-Day remembrance... We mentioned an auction taking place featuring some items from D-Day, including the American flag from an American LST 493. Who bid $350,000 for that flag? One of our talk show hosts on FM Talk and Sports 100.5 FM! Heres the story from the AP..... NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says he and his Mercury One charity paid $350,000 at a Manhattan auction for a U.S. flag that flew over a ship at Normandy on D-Day. Beck announced on his radio show and website that he was the anonymous online bidder who bought the 48-star Navy ensign at a sale of World War II artifacts and memorabilia. The tattered flag flew aboard the American-built LST 493 during D-Day operations 70 years ago. It had been estimated to sell for $25,000 to $35,000. Beck referred to the flag as the 20th centurys Star-Spangled Banner.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:52:02 +0000
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