Airborne Museum - Sainte Mère Église

[Koppi]

My contribution. 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Report in German and English.

https://thrifles.blogspot.com/2019/06/a ... glise.html

[C M Dodson]

Excellent stuff Koppi.

I went there some time ago. Very poignant with the John Steele memorial draped over the church.

A parachuting friend of mine shook hands with a ninety four year old English paratrooper at Pegasus bridge yesterday after the guy had done a tandem jump. Ninety four!

Very moving

Best wishes,

Chris

[Koppi]

Hi Chris,

ahh. Yesterday I read something about that tandem Jump of the two veterans. Great.
Two friends of mine met also a Veteran two days ago, Arnold Ray Lambert. He was very, very polite to them. In my opinion that's not easy for a veteran, facing some germans there. For me as a german always a strange and oppressive feeling.

[Graeme]

What an incredible display! Thanks very much for posting this.

That model depicting the parachute drop is fabulous.

[C M Dodson]

Hi Koppi.

Nothing to worry about.

Your parents chose which side you are on and the state then tells you where you are going.

I have dived the underwater battlefield of Normandy and have seen Point du Hoc from the bottom and the top.

When I said to a veteran ‘ I do not know how you did it’, the reply was, ‘ we had no choice’.

Old men make wars and young men fight them.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Koppi]

Thanks Graeme and my special thanks to Chris for your words.