D-Day

Another thing that should be on all school visit lists is a War Cemetary. It's the only way to bring home the real impact of war without actually experiencing it.

Couldn't agree more ..... I remember the first time we took the kids to France(1976) - we went down past Reims and through various battlefield areas .
Passed some of the many cemetaries in the area .
At the request of the oldest son (11yrs) we stopped and visited one - he and his little brother(7) and sister( were overawed by the sheer size of it all .

During the invasion of France in 1940 the Germans were very respectful of the war cemetaries in northern France and whenever possible they went round them. And there is a report that a German soldier decided to relieve himself on the Menin gate memorial, he was seen by a German general doing this and the General promptly had him shot!

One British unit dugin in a British cemetery around Ypres in 1940 and the memorial at Pozieres one tank has a cannon shell from a Typhoon inside it. War goes on. Many of the CWGC men were evacuated, some with families at Dunkirk, some stayed and helped downed airmen escape (often using heir tool sheds as hides) and became members of the resitance

I'm 63 and was born at the end of '45, so missed the actual war itself, but can remember playing on the bomb site and derelict buildings growing up in the North West.

father was 1st Radio Officer in the Merchant Navy, served mainly on Tankers, was torpedoed on S.S. San Fabian on a return convoy to Liverpool, in the Caribbean. Didn't talk much about his experinces. Still have his medals and Seamans Discharge Books and his officers badges. Many's the time I just sit and look at them and wonder ?

We have a ferry here that runs from New London to Orient Point on Long Island that participated in the Normandy invasion as an LST. The company is obviously proud of her history, as they should be.

That has got to be the last ship still afloat from OVERLORD or to be pedantic NEPTUNE.

Here is a link to the history og the MV Cape Henlopen .... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Buncombe_County_(LST-510)

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My Hero he was searching for his CO's grave, we pointed him in the right direction.

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Landed with Major John Howard.

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What stories can he tell.

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German & British Graves

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