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Jean-Loup,
Great site to preview, saw the footage from your grave exhumation in France. I find the personal photos very interesting. The Germans seem to have been big on taking alot of pictures of the graves of their comrades, also some of the most well kept graves, they took alot of care in burying their dead.
Bill -
funny you tube vido
enjoy! I http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsLosKzfI...ted&search=got a kick out of this one.Comment
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You might laugh at that last youtube but something like that did happen. In Farley Mowat's book The Regiment, 4 Hasty-P's(Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment) were pinned down in a barn in the valley between 2 hills. The Germans were on the one hill and the Canadians were on the the other. Every time the guys tried to leave the barn they would come under fire. So they did a vaudville horse. 2 guys bent over and were drapped with burlap sacks and rope was put around the front guys neck, and their rifles were slung under the burlap. The 3rd guy got on all 4's and was wrapped in burlap as well. the 4th guy pulled a sack over himself and put on a straw hat and led the 2 guys pretending to be a horse and the guy pretending to be a dog out of the barn. The Germans were fooled into thinking it was an Italian farmer with his horse and dog and held their fire. They slowly made their way towards the Canadian lines and when they were close enough they made a dash for safety. By then it was too late for the Germans, they had been fooled. I had a chance to talk with a vet named Sgt Jack Milne from Bancroft and I asked him if it was true what Farley had written in the book and he replied yes it was true and replied he was the guy that held the rope and led them out of the building and it was his idea to pull off the stunt. Read the book lots of other funny and odd things that went on during the warComment
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Citation of the famous Thomas Prince, of the FSSF:
"While in action against the enemy near Littoria, Italy, on 8th February 1944, Sgt. Prince acting alone, ran a telephone wire from our lines fifteen hundred (1,500) yards into enemy territory to a house in which he established and maintained an artillery obsevation post for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. From his position Sgt. Prince was not only able to observe enemy artillery emplacements invisible from our lines, but was also directly responsible for the complete destruction by artillery of four (4) such enemy positions which were causing considerable damage to our own troops and material.
At one part of his twenty-four hour watch, Sgt. Prince's communications were cut by shells. Using his own ingenuity, Sgt. Prince donned available civilian clothing and, under direct enemy observation, went out to repair his line to reestablish contact for target observation.
Sgt. Prince's courage and utter disregard for personal safety were an inspiration to his fellows an a marked credit to his unit."Comment
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Certainly a reason why some Vets don't like speaking about the war.
Is this you Jean- Loup?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eIlmKcbfN...elated&search=
Glenn"A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"Comment
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WAF member on TVComment
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Yeah, thats me
The level of intelect of most of the comments of the youtube users is very
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