tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post10416388734556404..comments2024-03-27T08:18:18.703+00:00Comments on Devos IV: War time memoribiliaZzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-24847996132195422672013-01-11T21:18:37.644+00:002013-01-11T21:18:37.644+00:00Nice one!
And yes: that solitary Sherman marks ho...Nice one!<br /><br />And yes: that solitary Sherman marks how 946 US servicemen - NINE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX - lost their lives in a D-Day training exercise. A TRAINING EXCERCISE. It went very very badly wrong, and was kept pretty quiet for quite a while.<br /><br />Exercise Tiger.<br /><br />I shall try to do a post about it this weekend, actually, as I half-wrote it months ago.<br /><br />And it really was grand to see you, Zzzzzz. <br /><br />Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-18848517839137080682013-01-11T21:11:47.017+00:002013-01-11T21:11:47.017+00:00A solid post indeed.
Having had Grandfathers fro...A solid post indeed. <br /><br />Having had Grandfathers from both sides of the pond, I am always interested in tributes to either the yanks or brits from WW2. Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-63300285455714756102013-01-11T17:37:07.689+00:002013-01-11T17:37:07.689+00:00Worth reminding us.Worth reminding us.John Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-3092672839218467862013-01-11T17:35:39.569+00:002013-01-11T17:35:39.569+00:00Bravo, good post. :)
if you can gird yourself to ...Bravo, good post. :)<br /><br />if you can gird yourself to visit the website of the horrid rag the daily mail, i direct you to this article:<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html<br /><br />and the poingant and haunting images therein.Karitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811166981334472345noreply@blogger.com