Note significance of letter's date and stamp cancellation:
June 6, 1944!
June 6, 1944!
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-Ralph Abercrombie -
Page 3, and envelope:
The flowers mentioned a couple of times in the letter are still there!-Ralph Abercrombie -
not feldpost...
just a D-Day cancellation.-Ralph AbercrombieComment
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Oooo,....Very nice,
I love it when I find pressed flowers in feldpost letters, I have a few but that date extra nice.
David.At Rathau on the Aller, the CO of 5th Royal Tanks advanced on foot to take a cautious look into the town before his tanks moved in. He encountered one of his own officers, a huge Welshman named John Gwilliam who later captained his country's rugby team, 'carrying a small German soldier by the scruff of his neck, not unlike a cat with a mouse.' The Colonel said: 'Why not shoot him?' Gwilliam replied in his mighty Welsh voice: 'Oh no, sir. Much too small.'Comment
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