many memories from 50 years of friendship, there's one that especially captures what bob dole was as a man and in my view as a patriot. we were on our way to the 50th anniversary of d-day in normandy where he started in italy. much had been written about his time there, but to be there with him felt significantly different. he was on a mission in the mountains, nazi gunfire and mortar fire was thick, men were dying, facing a hail of bullets, 2nd lieutenant robert joseph