FLHowcroft, I'm glad you like our city :) and if you could get some more information, that would be wonderful! Thanks! xxx
Wonderful post, Troysterr, thanks a lot! That picture was indeed taken at Tampico Flats :) never heard anything about the dogs, though. Probably...
I replied to your e-mail!
Thank you very much, 519th Andrew! I have never heard of Tampico Flats before but I will surely visit your blog to find out which building that is...
@ SPGunner: Yes, I know about Top Hat, thanks for the link! @ T.A. Gardner: Indeed you are right. I already figured that most of the US troops...
Thanks a bunch, fireres908! I've already e-mailed you :)
Hiy'all! I'd like to talk to some vets who have been in (or in the vicinity of) Antwerp, Belgium during WW2. I'm researching for my book and I'd...
Hi! Glad to see someone of my age :) have fun on the forum!
Funny that you ask, because the only picture I managed to find was with a guy in it, covered in clay :D here it is: [IMG]
Indeed scarface, I just watched a comparative test between the German and American boots, which obviously proved that the American footwear was...
The clay is a very neutral grey/beige. I couldn't find a decent picture of it, sorry.
You're welcome! I found this map very easily through Google Images, but I used Dutch terms so that could explain why you have had a harder time...
Hi scarface and Slipdigit, I can give you some basic information about the Belgian/Dutch soil. In the northern parts of Belgium and the southern...
This is indeed an English book, but also translated in Dutch because of the writer's origins. Peter Schrijvers was born in Hasselt, Belgium but is...
I do not know about the military site, but I can certainly recommend you the white wine they produce in that area :) verrrry nice, really sweet...
Hallo General Roberto, leuk om eens iemand met dezelfde moedertaal te spreken :) To everybody else, thank you very much for the kind welcomes....
I'm currently reading a book about the liberation of Belgium and how the Anglo-American troops influenced our country for the better/worse. It's...
You're welcome :) and I didn't even think of the party pictures in that way, but you're absolutely right. The cemetery was really moving indeed....
Thank you scarface, I'm happy you liked them :) I would've made pictures inside the museum at the Mardasson monument, but photography wasn't...
