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D-Day

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:26 am
by fish
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The cemetery is something to experience.

My brother and I were born in Germany to American parents, as my father was with the occupation forces following the war.
Our house was not far from the former prison where the little corporal wrote Mein Kampf. American officers were driven around neighborhoods to select a house - then the German families had 12-24 hours to vacate. My mother stood up to my father - and helped the German mother tend the vegetable garden in the back yard - so that her children could have something to eat.

Fish

Re: D-Day

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:41 pm
by Old Grinner
There are still a lot of WWII relics, bunkers, and lost items buried in the ground. Also there are ponds and other water resources loaded with stuff left behind or just tossed.

Bodies of the missing are still being recovered to this day. Both Russian and German . . . especially east of Berlin.

Sometimes I think how quickly things are forgotten between generations and foolish mistakes get repeated. :roll:

Re: D-Day

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:38 am
by Lafree
Hi, we have spent the last three days on and around the beaches of Normandy what a site hundreds of millitary vehicles six DC3's in formation then a parachute drop also by Daks , campsites full of people dressed in US uniforms and Glen Miller music playing , roads in lockdown around Arromanches motorways closed yesterday.