D day landings.
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Jura
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We visited the Normandy beaches some years ago; very very moving.
We were fortunate to see the original Pegasus Bridge, now in a museum.
When we were there had a drink with Arlette Gondree in her Café Gondree (now Pegasus Bridge Café) which was the first house to be liberated.
We had a drink with the charming Mme Gondree who related her experiences of the landings and kindly signed my guidebook.
She was also a great friend of Richard Todd.
We were fortunate to see the original Pegasus Bridge, now in a museum.
When we were there had a drink with Arlette Gondree in her Café Gondree (now Pegasus Bridge Café) which was the first house to be liberated.
We had a drink with the charming Mme Gondree who related her experiences of the landings and kindly signed my guidebook.
She was also a great friend of Richard Todd.
My uncles both passed bless them fought with 7th armoured division in Africa before D day .
Then off to France on the 6th of June .
Both survived Reg was an infantryman and uncle Bill was as an Assassin oh sorry a cook but Reg said his cooking was worst than any German weapons
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Kept their rivalry/ joking till the end .
Grandad was in Burma fighting the Japs at this time but I am so grateful they survived when thousands didn't Rip my heroes.
Then off to France on the 6th of June .
Both survived Reg was an infantryman and uncle Bill was as an Assassin oh sorry a cook but Reg said his cooking was worst than any German weapons
.Kept their rivalry/ joking till the end .
Grandad was in Burma fighting the Japs at this time but I am so grateful they survived when thousands didn't Rip my heroes.
Ferretlurcher70
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Just heard the soldiers who did a memorial parachute drop in France. Had them to show there passports. WTF
Bloody cheek
Bloody cheek
Ferretlurcher70
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Apparently 84 illegal immigrants have landed to day! Shame we got rid of the pill boxes
Bavarianbrit
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Holts tours had an office in Sandwich years ago as I remember.
After 5 years of blackouts, fire watching and building torpedoes, my father looked out of the window one dark night prior to D-Day and saw American tanks with all their lights on, coming down into Weymouth. "When I saw that, I knew it was all over" he remembered.
It was another two years before he thought it was safe enough to start a family!
It was another two years before he thought it was safe enough to start a family!
BenBhoy
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I'm probably gonna get pelters for this...The sad thing is all those men and women sacrificed their lives and today we are being invaded without a single shot fired
I know I'm not the most patriotic & definitely no fan of armed forces. But even I find posts like that somewhat disrespectful, showing a lack of class. Time & a place. Today we should all just be grateful for the defeat of fascism, and not looking to use it for modern day point scoring.
Posts like the above are the right wing version of virtue signalling!!
Without showing their passports.
Nickb
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Never !!
Yesterday the King read from Monty's letter to all his soldiers, which at the time was stirring stuff. But I think Ike, the supreme commander in his letter to all those in the Expeditionary Force is even more so.
And so they undertook "this great and noble undertaking".
And so they undertook "this great and noble undertaking".
Stalker62
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An interesting turn of phrase, and perhaps open to interpretation by the way it is worded?
Achieved with no small input by the “Armed Forces” (and others).
However. I do take your general point about (ironically) virtue signalling - notwithstanding the irony about today’s Channel “crossing”.
Nickb
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You will be branded a racist flying that but I admire you
Ferretlurcher70
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Put up my flags today. Have only seen one other person flying the flag in the area. Very sad
Bavarianbrit
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The last post was very moving for me as I used to play that often as a lad. A monumental task that they had to do with little or no information beforehand for many of the other ranks.
How is flying that flag on this day racist in any way?You will be branded a racist flying that but I admire you
Cheers
Bruce
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