Posted on Dec 16, 2016
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Haven't been to a movie this year. This looks good from the trailer. People need to see just what war looks like with a little help,from Hollywood. Thank you WWII vets!
Haven't been to a movie this year. This looks good from the trailer. People need to see just what war looks like with a little help,from Hollywood. Thank you WWII vets!
Dunkirk - Survival is victory. #Dunkirk in theaters Summer... | Facebook
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My wife is English and her dearly departed grandfather, Edward "Ted" Norris was one of the last men off of the beach. I would talk to him about it a lot. He enjoyed relaying the story. His most vivid recollection was praying for air support prior to leaving the beach. He heard a "growl" and looked up and saw a Spitfire. The pilot was outnumbered but jumped straight in to the Germans, shooting five down. The pilot was Stanford Tuck and he did actually become an ace in a day.
Ted was 17 and upon arriving back in England, his unit was so decimated from combat that rather than "repair and reequip", the unit was just broken up and everyone sent to other units. Ted ended up in the desert at El Alamein.
Ted was 17 and upon arriving back in England, his unit was so decimated from combat that rather than "repair and reequip", the unit was just broken up and everyone sent to other units. Ted ended up in the desert at El Alamein.
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Maj Kim Patterson
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth I was thi king the same thing! Do we have any WWII veterans on RP?
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PO3 Donald Murphy
I'm going away for the weekend, but when I come back, I'll work on getting my computer savvy neighbor on board. He was a rear gunner on a B-24 bomber and flew raids over Iwo Jima.
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