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10-14-2008, 04:19 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| Tankie, many thanks for sharing your story. I can imagine your feelings as a friend of mine mentioned in my siggy visited all the crash places of his comrades who were KIA on Aug 29,1944, during his visits here in 2005 and 2007.At the last crash site he sat down and started crying ...he realized how he could end up during that battle... Thanks again!
__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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10-14-2008, 04:34 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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| Truly a great story... 
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10-14-2008, 04:40 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London
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| Supurb, simple and moving. Well done |
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10-14-2008, 06:16 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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| Great story tankie! 
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10-14-2008, 04:58 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lethbridge AB
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| I always feel moved each Remembrance Day when the Canadian WWI war memorial a Vimy is shown.  Mother Canada weeping for her fallen sons.  A little known fact is that Hitler visited the site and afterwards, ordered that it be protected for the duration of the war. |
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10-14-2008, 05:09 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: York. United kingdom
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 | Hi Old Wizard. I know the site very well, I have visited it with the Old Boys many times, also for people who do not know, it took 11 years to build, and the statues are x2 the size of people, and the figure is a lady looking out over the ridge waiting forlornly for her sons to come home, of the Canadians that eventually took the ridge, that 10,602 were wounded, 3,598 were killed and that there were 20.000 German Casualties, also there are 11,285 Canadian lads missing, within 16 kilometers radius of the monument, there are over 7,000 Canadian boys buried, in over 30 cemetaries, God Bless Them. also that the Canadian Government bought a tree for every soldier that had fallen, and that is the forest around the Vimmy Ridge Memorial today, and if a tree dies, the Canadian Government buys a new one. Sorry wizard, I do appologise,you are probably aware of this history, just thought it would be inetersting for the guys who didnt know the history of Vimmy. Regards tankie Last edited by tankie1rtr; 10-14-2008 at 05:56 PM. Reason: re worded, I worded it wrong, appologies. |
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10-14-2008, 05:18 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| Not speakin for Wiz, but I for one did NOT know all of that. Thanks for the info, Tankie! For all of those who gave, and for those who gave all...
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10-14-2008, 05:53 PM
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| Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: York. United kingdom
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| Gentlemen. I must appologize to you all who read my original post, I stated that there were 48,000 crosses, I am sorry that was wrong, it was due to my wife mathering that her car needed a 48,000 mile service, my fault Duhhhh, I have now corrected the grave numbers, they number 9,387 and the garden to the missing numbers 1,557. I am sorry. Regards tankie |
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10-14-2008, 09:03 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| No need to appologize. We're all human.
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10-14-2008, 09:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide
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| reading these sorts of posts restores my faith in humans. There are still people around that are respectful and understanding of the sacrifices made.
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10-14-2008, 09:49 PM
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10-14-2008, 11:09 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Thanks Tankie. Moving story and great info.
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10-15-2008, 06:14 AM
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10-15-2008, 04:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Thanks for sharing Tankie!
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