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D-Day: Hove veteran defies ban for Normandy trip
BBC ^ | 6/6/14 | BBC

Posted on 06/06/2014 8:48:11 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

An 89-year-old WW2 veteran who was banned by his nursing home from going to France for the D-Day commemorations sneaked out and went anyway.

The pensioner left the Hove home at 10:30 BST on Thursday and was reported missing in the evening, police said.

The nursing home received a call from a younger veteran later on saying he had met the un-named veteran on a coach.

The two were on their way to France and said they were safe and well in a hotel in Ouistreham, Sussex Police said.

Hundreds of veterans have been marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, with events on the beaches of Normandy.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dday; normandy; nursinghome; vet
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To: Sioux-san
Sure would have. What a loss. A few years ago I helped move the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa Ia. I got to move several bikes from his collection including the ratty old Indian he rode that he called The Blob.
21 posted on 06/06/2014 10:58:49 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: CrazyIvan

Well how cool is that!


22 posted on 06/06/2014 11:13:37 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: potlatch
Barrys Pal whithouse something or other Freidman....who called bergdals BETTERS PAYCOPATH.....needs to read this thread!!!

we dont take kindly to maggot brains like him either




there there are flies...there ARE maggots

23 posted on 06/06/2014 11:32:53 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I’m glad it wasn’t my job to stop him. I doubt many could.


24 posted on 06/06/2014 11:54:11 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Despicable that they are disparaging the other soldiers!!!

Mikey, I think you and I have discovered the mind altering infestation of these liberal idiots! LOL


25 posted on 06/06/2014 11:58:57 AM PDT by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: potlatch

“these boys is maggot brains”


26 posted on 06/06/2014 12:20:31 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

True dat !! hehehe


27 posted on 06/06/2014 12:24:41 PM PDT by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Great story! Thank you for posting!


28 posted on 06/06/2014 12:43:06 PM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (New and Improved Redneck!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Dennis Prager played an incredibly moving piece by a WW II veteran today. My husband and I were in the car going to lunch and stayed to listen to his amazing story. The tears ran down my face listening to him explain what it was like being on one of the boats, waiting to disembark. How scared they all were, not knowing what they were supposed to do. We didn’t hear the beginning so I don’t know the source of it but sure would like to find the audio to pass on to everyone we know. It’s a keeper. The only one I could find was from the BBC, I think, only about 2 minutes long.


29 posted on 06/06/2014 1:03:55 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick
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To: potlatch

Thank you, potlatch for the ping.

I just can’t help but being overwhelmed by our military personnel during WWII.


30 posted on 06/06/2014 10:30:34 PM PDT by Diver Dave (Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow)
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To: Diver Dave; everyone

You’re welcome Dave. I remember searching for pictures for that slideshow years ago. It was heartbreaking, the sky dark and dreary and so filled with planes of every sort - the sea full of ships and the young men being poured off of the landing craft onto the beach and being shot down like caged animals.

We can’t give those men enough honor!


31 posted on 06/07/2014 12:46:48 PM PDT by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: potlatch
I'm 72 and I've watched every D-Day tribute on TV this last week, including today when I watched the History Channel and D-Day in High Definition. What horror and hell these truly brave men went through. Every teenage boy and girl and all age groups who are older and know nothing about the WWII (because of socialist/communist/marxist influence in our schools today) should be encouraged to sit down and watch these films. Parents & grandparents should see to it that they are educated on what really happened in WWII. They must be made aware that their grandfathers, great-grandfathers who fought for this country are hero's who did what they had to do to protect our liberty and freedom, and that they were just young kids themselves. And they must continue to be honored. It will be up to us, the older generation, to teach them the truth.
32 posted on 06/08/2014 1:23:43 AM PDT by itssme
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To: itssme

I agree with every word you wrote. The schools are not teaching history and avoid anything to do with ‘war’ now. I have a close friend whose father fought in The Battle of the Bulge and I found a site that had many pictures of that winter and what they endured. It was unreal!

I lost that link but there are others not quite as descriptive;

American soldiers who spent the terrible winter of 1944-1945 on the front lines in Europe. Browse the faces of some who were at the Bulge.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075565/Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos-offer-seen-look-war-weary-soldiers-braving-frigid-weather-fight-Nazi-Germanys-major-offensive-World-War-II.html


33 posted on 06/08/2014 2:07:21 PM PDT by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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To: potlatch
Thanx for the link. My husband's uncle fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He came home in one piece, very gaunt, with deep set hollow eyes and dark shadows underneath, and a 1000 mile stare. He never talked about his experiences.
34 posted on 06/08/2014 3:26:33 PM PDT by itssme
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To: potlatch
Thanx for the link. My husband's uncle fought at the Battle of the Bulge. He came home in one piece, very gaunt, with deep set hollow eyes and dark shadows underneath, and a 1000 mile stare. He never talked about his experiences.
35 posted on 06/08/2014 3:27:30 PM PDT by itssme
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To: itssme

[He never talked about his experiences]

I’ve read that a hundred times, they never talk about it, but I’ve also read they live with nightmares. They went through hell, God bless them.


36 posted on 06/08/2014 4:26:18 PM PDT by potlatch ("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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