Failed raid on the French port. 70 years on.
RIP boys. Over 900 killed, 2000 captured.
Many say it was a hard lesson learned for D-Day. Many thought it was an unnecessary sacrifice to appease Roosevelt and Stalin for lack of action on the western front.
New research points to a great ruse to allow agents to infiltrate and steal German codes.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/...339/story.html
Asked how he’d like to be remembered were he hit by a bus tomorrow, Tracy doesn’t hesitate: “I’m a race-car driver. At the last second, I’d swerve and avoid the bus.”
i mention this one and some other sacrifices that " Canadian'' soldiers made in the attempted libertion of our French brothers, when they speak of how they get mistreated and oppressed.
dying in an attempt to regain freedom is never n vain. Joplin got it wrong, freedoms just another word when you have everything to lose....not nothing to lose.
may the boys know thet died serving a bigger cause.......
.....every dog was born free to live, even if it means dying.
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