GEEL 10th SEPT '44-17th SEPT '44..then and now

[karlo]

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[Luc]

very interesting.. I live in Geel.. so for me those are wonderful pictures !!

[Eric JB]

Interesting then & now thread, thanks for showing such a family related one.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[karlo]

my mother and father standing , for the first time, beside a sherman ...outside the oosterbeek airborne museem ...her father was a sherman driver...in my excitment of being there i dont think i noticed how quiet she was...k

[karlo]

not to be missed apparently.....k

[karlo]

my brother getting stuck in..the ireland /russia match was on...terrible game..great pints....Flanagans in Oostende.... irish/welsh pub...check it out folks...plug

[karlo]

Oostende ...fantastic atlantic wall museum ...bunkers etc.....my parents spent their honeymoon here in sept 1964....it was windy...sunny..hot..windy..rainy..rainy some more..what a beach front...id say summers there are incredible

[karlo]

yomping in bruxells with my parents...thanks to them big time..and my brother for driving...thanks Belgium and Holland....will see you again...karlo

[Thorsten B.]

You obviously had a lot of FUN - it´s great to be able to combine and share history with the family.

[Paul E]

Many thanks for all the DLI photos

I'll let the blokes have a look at them all.

[Paul E]

yomping in bruxells with my parents...thanks to them big time..and my brother for driving...thanks Belgium and Holland....will see you again...karlo

Don't mention yomping in Arnhem it's a Marine word !!!

In the Airborne world we TAB , hence Tabing !!!

[TrondK]

Interesting thread. Thanks for sharing.