Normandy....

[mockingbird812]

My wife's Dad, Frank, was a combat engineer with the Canadian Army and was in the 1st wave at Juno Beach on 6 June 1944 with the Brits. Juno was every bit as bloody as Omaha. He was wounded there and recouped in a tiny village on a farm in Yorkshire England for several months. In 1985 Lori and I visited the farm where Frank recovered. The family had moved on but the current residents were more than happy to show us around. We tracked down the family that kept Lori's Dad during his recovery and had a nice reunion (Frank had been keeping in touch with them). Very neat to hear their stories about him (it was obvious to us that their young daughter, at the time, had a crush on Frank). He never talked about his experiences during the war - he passed in '98. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] (American salute to one of our staunchest allies)