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5th June 2019 #1
Struck By My Resemblance To 'D Day' Veteran
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-481857...ehHjwhxtfhl2y0
... astonishing! Because the Normandy Landings - being comemorated all this week - took place 3 months prior to my birth.
Although I've *barely reached three quarters of a century in years, the [really] elderly chap shown in the link provided is already 95!Last edited by Arthur Little; 6th June 2019 at 19:00. Reason: *Meant I'm not yet 75*
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6th June 2019 #2
He looks younger than you Arthur ....
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
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6th June 2019 #3
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Did you mean your three quarter century Arthur ?
My uncle David had one leg shorter than the other, after stepping on one of the mines he was supposed to be clearing, after the D-Day landings.
He did get to go home early though.
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7th June 2019 #6
Very moving yesterday. Don't think I've ever reflected that much on my father's involvement, but it somehow brought it home yesterday.
He was in charge of a landing craft dropping off Canadian Marines, and I always remember him telling me that many of the poor devils were so sea-sick
they were pretty desperate to get on dry land. God knows how many survived, but a different breed for sure.
Bless them all.
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