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I'm Noelle Heister Crow.

And I'm Tom Crow.

Today is a special day on American Catholic history.

Today, we're getting personal and talking about my grandfather, Noelle Duby, whom,

well, as you just heard, I'm named after.

This episode is also special because when we recorded and released father, Noel Duby, whom, well, as you just heard, I'm named after.

This episode is also special because when we recorded and released it originally, it was the first episode to feature our current theme music, the Shaker Melody Simple Gifts.

This performance was performed by four of my nieces and nephews, so our music was performed

by the great grandchildrengrandchildren of the

subject of today's episode. I'll bet there aren't many podcasts where something like that happens.

Yeah, probably not. Now, I never met your grandfather since he passed away in 2010, and we only

got married in 2017. I know. So sad. You would have loved him. I bet I would have. And what a life. He was a man of deep prayer, deep love for the blessed mother, and he deeply was devoted to his wife and 10 children.

And he played a key part in the success of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in

1944 and the race into Germany after it earning a number of medals along the way. So why don't

you start Grandpa Noel Dubey's story? Sure, but I'm going to have to call him what we

always called him growing up, Pepe, which is an affectionate

French-Canadian term for grandfather. Pepe was born in South Roerick, Maine on Christmas Day, December 25th,

1919. So it's easy to understand why he was called Noel. Yes, though he found out later that

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