mackem 27,435 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Watching the D-Day anniversary footage on TV,very humbling,the old guys are a different type of generation.self-deprecating and humble R.I.P their comrades.Has anyone on here done a Battlefield tour in france,any reccomendations as to companies that organise them? 5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,747 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 hats off to them ,, and a thank you brave men 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 My Sisters Dad was killed on D day , that is Her on the left hand side me and Mam are on the right , the picture was taken in the early 50s on board the Golden Galleon at Great Yarmouth, Mam never once mentioned him and it was not until she died that her sister let something slip when she said that Janices hair was the same has her Dads . 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,558 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Always amazed how the country pulled together and mobilized during ww11 , everything from the steel works, coal to keep the country running , munitions factorys ect , all those who gave there life fighting , certainly a humbling time and I have the deepest respect to all those involved 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,478 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 They have my eternal gratitude and thanks. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,247 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just for a brief moment imagine what it must have been like they truly were the bravest of the brave and must be remembered for the rest of eternity. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,747 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gooner 143 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Went to Ypres and the Menin Gate ceremony which is held every day, very moving 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,711 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gooner 143 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 A couple of more photos 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,559 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 watched it this morning hats off to them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,747 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 16,152 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Everyman an emperor 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 22,417 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shovel leaner 7,650 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 I was watching some of the coverage , and interviews with veterans, We owe those guys so much . Then the BBC couldn’t help but get all anti Brexit and got their little remain message in . They were interviewing this old girl , who was pro remain and quoted Macron who told Trump “America is only great when it works with its allies “. America was working with its allies “us” and after Brexit it could work with us even more . They were trying to say how we have been apart of Europe for so long and it’s all a great shame that we are leaving. The truth is we were fighting the genocidal Germans , the French didn’t put up much of a fight , and even formed the Vichy government and performed some of their own atrocities. The French have always been the “old enemy “. I don’t feel European and it’s thanks to the veterans that we don’t speak German and eat schnitzel and sour Kraut . 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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