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Would love to have that battle put on for reading.

My mother in law's first husband was killed on Crete. (New Zealand) While visiting my in-laws in New Zealand I was able to talk to one of the company commanders that was holding one of the three hills surrounding the airfield. He told me even though he was holding his hill he thought the other two hills had been over run. When in fact all three hills were holding. They all pulled back thinking the same thing about the other two hills. Had each unit had proper radios the New Zealanders might have held on.

Her second husband, ARW (Dan) Ormond (my father inlaw) was a fascinating individual to talk to. He was quite active in the LRDG and was in Italy with the NZ 2nd Division. He had brothers and cousins in the LRDG, some who I have read about. One being Nick Wilder plus another brother Micheal Ormond who was the last guy in the escape tunnel during the "Great Escape". What a neat bunch of people these people were.