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James · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: 5 minutes none posting- 6th June

In memory of the men that died on 6th June 1944 in Normandy, the forum will be shut off for 5 minutes, at 6pm English time.

Thanks for your co-operation.
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MamodFan · Full member Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 829

Interesting that you have picked this event as remembrance, do you have a connection?
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James · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

See last year's thread in OT
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Lincolnshire!
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I eat my own lamb
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I shear my own fleece and I wear it!"

MamodFan · Full member Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 829

link?
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James · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

Just look in OT, it's near the top

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Lincolnshire!
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May roll in their state
I envy them not, I declare it
I eat my own lamb
My chicken and ham
I shear my own fleece and I wear it!"

alan2525 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject:

Last summer I went on a trip to see the Normany beaches and some of the museums, the cemeteries in Caen and the musee des blindes in samuar.

I was using sat nav and driving through some amazing rural french villages that hadn't changed one bit since 1944. I'm sure some of the chimney pots were still missing from stray shell fire and the rustic stone walls must have been able to tell some stories.

The villages and countryside was all very pretty, along one lane was a small military cemetery, it was beautifully kept, with the headstones in rows, planted with lavendar and wild flowers. The grass was beautifully cut and edged and the headstones were tastefully carved from a sand coloured stone. Allied and Axis soldiers lied alongside eachother. It was very peacefull and very touching. The fact that it was remote, quiet, far away from anywhere and people, in the middle of farmland on such a idylic day too.

Some graves were just of unknown soldiers, some simply marked "eine deutsche soldat"

To me those simple graves and the unknown histories of those fallen men are the most profound stories and really brings across their bravery and the inhumanity of it all.

James · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

Wow, do you have any photos?

I'd love to go!
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May roll in their state
I envy them not, I declare it
I eat my own lamb
My chicken and ham
I shear my own fleece and I wear it!"

MamodFan · Full member Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 829

All commonwealth war graves are looked after by the poorly funded Commonwealth War Graves Commission. They do a fantastic job looking after all these sites, I dont know how many there are but they run into hundreds, many of them sited in remote locations. They are all beautifully kept as are the German sites. The 1st World War German graves are solum places, many of them are very dark with mass graves. Have a look at there web site
http://www.cwgc.org/
They have a search facility to find either graves or memorials of fallen soldiers.

We must also pause and remember not only the Allied soldiers but the Germans and their Allies.
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MooseMan · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject:

Splendid idea Jimbo - we must remember.
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alan2525 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

alan2525 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

I uploaded some of the photos from my trip to the Normandy beaches if anyone is interested!

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/apbriggs2525

Mamodman123 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

Shouldn't need a reason to remember, same as last year

Top work Jimmy

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igy569 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

My Dad was born in Shanghai China, 1939. Then at the age of 3, in 1942, he and my grandparents were put in to Santo Thomas Internment camp in the Phillipines until 1946. His father was in a different part of the camp, cause they seperated women and children from the men. I still have the newspaper clipping with him sitting on his Dad's shoulders when they were let out. My Grandmother (who is now 98 ) does not talk about it much. When that movie "Empire of the Sun" (Christian Bale's first role) came out in the 80's, I went to see it with my Father, partway in to it, he had to leave. He was in tears, It was SO inaccurate. He said the Japanese were NOT nice. The movie should never have been made.
On my Mom's side of the family, almost the whole family was wiped out by the Nazis. I guess I have a bit of a connection myself.
So I wholly agree with your moment of none posting.
Lest we remember those who died so that we may all live in the world we do today.

God bless.
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johnreid · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

My Father served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, and serviced a particular famous B29 prior to an important mission. A good friend of the family was highly decorated from the Battle of the Bulge. There was a lot of sacrifice for so many during WWII. Remember though that although ruled by such a terrible tyrant that most Germans were just ordinary people that were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. I hope that no offense is taken by the German members of the forum. We should all hope that important lessons were learned and such an event never needs to happen again.
I think that so many of us have relatives or friends that suffered and sacrificed in WWII and sadly so many WWII vets are passing away, a generation of people that were willing to give their all for the safety of generations to come.
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mogogear · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

A prayer said for all those that war takes and touches.. on all sides. A thanks given for the sacrifice so less in the future will never have to suffer such loss.
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