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Nothing Like Being There
... was impossible, they built the Atlantic Wall all along the west coast of Europe. Did you know there are 77.000 German soldiers buried in Normandy? Even though the allies lost a lot of men, the Germans suffered the most casualties. I hope each of you get to visit this site at some point in your life. We as Americans owe a huge debt to the families of the young men who fought for our freedoms.
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Night train to Paris
... the grumpy french woman who already was cross with us. Tim came to the rescue and offered to help her husband to lift his case up to the luggage rack from that point she was bossing poor tim about making him rearrange and lift everyones luggage but at least then she warmed to us somewhat. There were all manner of people on the train along with some very suspicious looking people like the man who kept walking up and down looking into the carriages and taking a good ...
WW2 sites and museums Part 1
... boot we were on our way, the car doenst have a key as such just a black square bit if plastic about the size of a playing card and you put this in, press the start key and foot on brake and away you go. Spent a little time on the wrong side of the road but managed to get to our hotel in 1 piece. Checked into our 1 bedroom apartment fully furnished and located near the river and the main street in the town, hotel only new so everything ...
Last entry...finally!
... I'm back home safe and sound with all my belongings. I'm not attending school this semester due to lack of funds so now I'm working at Bank of America part time and actually french tutoring as well. So thats going well. All I gots to do is finish up school. 9 hours left for my degree. After that, I would love to move to Austin. That's the next ...
Oh, What A Day On the Beach!
... analysts as a first class infantry formation, it would be reinforced, on June 7, by the 12th SS division. This would make a world of difference and completely change the dynamic of what was to transpire.
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was an absolutely first class fighting unit. It was comprised of inspired, well trained and highly motivated enlisted men of the Hitler Youth, largely drawn from the so-called "Class of 1926" and was supported by veteran NCOs ...


