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Old October 18th, 2003, 05:36 PM
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No need to find out what I look like...I will tell you...A white haired old man with severe war injuries to spine, legs, knees, and lungs. in fact a bit of a decrepit old badger. who has great difficulty in getting about. Nothing special about me, just a 78/79year tatty old man.

Mind you! a very proud old badger! And one that has tried to tell the story, "first hand" of a very traumatic time in our history. one of the greatest events the World has experienced.

The object? No more, no less, than to dedicate it to the lovely young men that never came home. That is the only reason... just that their names will be remembered.

You may not think it possible? but I can still see their faces...Not all of them, just the ones I was close to. Harry Grey. Wass Thomas. Jock Mathers. Sgt Rees. Corporal Ginger Ford. Digger Trench. so many others I can still clearly recall, Sadly, many of them died on the path from Sword Beach to Bremen.

But I would still love to know if the American that we captured in the German army, (Near Vire) ever got home? But there were so many men we met along the way.....So many.
Brian.
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