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To: Miami Rebel
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That's the late Bill Bray and the late John Woodthorpe with Mme Gondrée on the seventieth anniversary. The Bénouville Bridge was known to Allied planners as the Pegasus Bridge, after the winged horse on the shoulder badge of British paratroopers. But since 1944 it has been called the Pegasus Bridge in France, too. And in the eight decades since June 6th no D-Day veteran has ever had to pay for his drink at the Café Gondrée.

2 posted on 06/07/2024 6:25:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

Awesome


4 posted on 06/07/2024 6:27:58 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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