Just a note about my trip to Flanders. When I attended the Menin gate during the ceremony I met a group of veteran from the D-Day association.

The chap I spoke to had been a coxwain on D-Day ferrying troops into Omaha beach. On his 3rd run in his craft was destroyed by a hedgehog. He spent the rest of the day on the beach trying to survive.

I hope he visit's this forum one day and sees this post.

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Regards,
Alex