March 20, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 0 °COver 8000 soldiers buried in the cemetery, veterans of campaigns in France, Belgium and Germany especially the battle of the bulge. Every year 5 or 6 unidentified remains are disinterred, given full military honors and are returned to the US for a full DNA work up to determine his family. It isRead more
March 19, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 0 °CIris' mother and her townsfolk were liberated by the Canadians when she was 9. Iris decided to start doing presentations to 9 year olds from the town school 23 years ago to talk of the experiences and have them to connect with the Canadians whose final resting place is in their town's CanadianRead more
March 18, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ -1 °CGerman work camp during WWII. Used as a factory to produce Werner von Braun's V1 and V2 rockets.
March 17, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 2 °CCanadian soldiers were buried by the German soldiers out of respect for the Canadians hence the head to head burial. More killed on one day than any other for Canada. Fibber McGie 15 years old when he joined the army. Was a sapper (engineer) was 18 when he died at Dieppe. Paul's father was on redRead more
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March 21, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
