My Father was a cook in the army and in England for D-Day...I had the privilege to attend the 50th Anniversary on the USS Harlan County....spent the summer attending liberation celebrations in villages all over France.
“”””.I had the privilege to attend the 50th Anniversary on the USS Harlan County....spent the summer attending liberation celebrations in villages all over France.””””
I never did a tour of France, or saw Paris, but oddly enough I did get to be with the French Army in some of the cities and small villages that get mentioned in the advancement and German atrocities I was also in the 36th Infantry Division that my father was supporting in Operation Dragoon, I did make friends with a French Resistance fighter in one of those villages, his wife had also been with them and he was something of a local celebrity.
Since my father’s ship had been attacked by the Luftwaffe, I also got a kick out of earning German jump wings out of Luftwaffe aircraft.
Military stuff is strange at times.