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D-Day veteran reported missing by care home staff is found in Normandy
UK Daily Mail ^
| 06/06/2014
| Sophie Jane Evans
Posted on 06/06/2014 1:09:51 PM PDT by DFG
A D-Day veteran who was reported missing from a care home has been found in Normandy after travelling to France to mark the invasion's 70th anniversary.
Bernard Jordan, 89, a former mayor of Hove, sneaked out of The Pines nursing home in Furze Hill yesterday after being told by staff he could not make the trip to Normandy.
Donning his war medals under a raincoat, the Royal Navy veteran joined his former comrades on a coach, before arriving at a hotel in Ouistreham, northwestern France, 12 hours later.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernard; bernardjordan; dday; ddayanniversary; france; furzehill; godsgravesglyphs; hove; normandy; ouistreham; worldwareleven
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Title shortened from: Bernard's Great Escape: D-Day veteran, 89, who was reported missing by care home staff is found in Normandy - after escaping to join his former comrades
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:09:51 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
These old men don’t know the meaning of “can’t”!
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:10:52 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
To: DFG
The sly old fox did it! Good to see these men still have a sense of fun and adventure.
To: DFG
To: DFG
God bless you, Mr. Jordan.
You’re a hero still.
Cheerio!
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:14:10 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: lee martell
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:14:37 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: DFG
sneaked? Wouldn’t it be snuck? Either English is going to pot or I am....
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:15:23 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Governor Scott Walker 2016 for the future of the country!)
To: napscoordinator
“Sneaked” is correct. “Snuck” is a Southernism.
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:16:33 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: DFG
Are you listening, Hollywood..?
Great story.
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:17:26 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: molson209
Someone is probably already planning a movie about this guy and his escape.
To: AnAmericanMother
Well I do love the South!
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:18:45 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Governor Scott Walker 2016 for the future of the country!)
To: nomorelurker
It would make a wonderful premise for a movie!
To: DFG
Dear Mr. Jordan,
Bravo!
To: DFG
Thanks for posting this! Best story I have seen in a long time!
To: gaijin
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:19:49 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: nomorelurker
Someone is probably already planning a movie about this guy and his escape.
Na, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon are long gone
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:20:50 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: DFG
As I read somewhere today about this story, he went AWOL to join his Unit at the Front. You can’t help but admire this guy and all the rest of them...
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:20:56 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do nything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: DFG
To: DFG
I am in tears, but because I am laughing so hard. What a great story!
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:22:36 PM PDT
by
rey
To: DFG
Well done, sir!
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:23:22 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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