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We went camping in Normandy a couple of years ago (and I remembered the tentpoles Pony!).
We went to Omaha beach and the cemetary there.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/stretchermonkey_2008/P1010007.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/stretchermonkey_2008/P1010013.jpg
The British cemetary at Bayeaux. http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/stretchermonkey_2008/P1010032.jpg
St Mer Eglise
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/stretchermonkey_2008/P1010045.jpg
It is quite chilling to see the number of headstones and the ages on those headstones.
Otherwise apart from the British American and Canadian soldiers who died there there are quite a lot of other graves from other countries too. Even German soldiers are buried at Bayeaux.
I always say that kids nowadays should be taken to war cemetaries just to show them what sacrifices have been made (and are currently being made) for them.
Please explain the photo of St Mer Eglise. I know the story of the 82 air borne trooper who hung from that tower. But is that some kind of permanant memorial? Or a display they put up annually?
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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