Posts from November 2024 (Page 2)
In the Footsteps of Heroes – September, 2016
The beaches of Juno Beach, Normandy stretch for many kilometres across the northern coast of France. Miles away, across the Channel, is the southern coast of England. The beaches are calm and quiet on these cool September mornings, glassy seas lapping on seaweed-littered sand. Standing on those quiet beaches, thinking back to what it must have been like for the thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen who had trained for many months in 1943/44 for D-Day – the invasion of Europe by the Allied forces – was a very moving…
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