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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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I LOVE this story!
To: sheikdetailfeather
This is awesome!!!! Sounds like a plot for a road trip movie.
To: sheikdetailfeather
AWOL and went to the front to join his unit...!
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:50:17 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: sheikdetailfeather
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:52:31 AM PDT
by
Rusty0604
To: sheikdetailfeather
Beautiful story, thank you for sharing....
To: sheikdetailfeather
While others join the Taliban.
Thank God we had guys like this. Still do, just less of them.
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:54:39 AM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
To: bigdaddy45
Great Idea - Saving Private Ryan, the sequel ;)
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:00:49 AM PDT
by
Sioux-san
To: sheikdetailfeather
This old soldier is doing D-Day again, overcoming the obstacles one more time. CHARGE!
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:05:38 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: 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 Germans didn't stop him on June 6th 1944...I seriously doubt the nursing home would have stopped him.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:16:59 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: sheikdetailfeather
Fantastic story-he is one in a million...
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:17:10 AM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Sioux-san
Or maybe “The Great Escape”?
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:18:01 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
These old boys are the best !! One more (last?) day with his mates. God Bless them all.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:21:37 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(Straight. Since 1950.)
To: CrazyIvan
Even better... oh, if only McQueen had lived - he would have been great as an old man storming Normandie one more time !
To: sheikdetailfeather
Banned! Indeed! Good for him!
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:27:15 AM PDT
by
defconw
(LUTFA!)
To: sheikdetailfeather; LUV W; The Mayor; Diver Dave; MeshugeMikey; geologist; Mama_Bear; SandRat; ...
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:10:35 AM PDT
by
potlatch
("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
To: potlatch
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:21:52 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: sheikdetailfeather
banned by his nursing home
Really??? Good for him!
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:26:17 AM PDT
by
Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
To: MeshugeMikey
You said it Mikey............HERO vs zero !!
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:27:44 AM PDT
by
potlatch
("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
To: potlatch
Let Obama KNOW that there are those of us who will got Out Of Our Way To call this PIGLET precisely what he is and draw accurate stinging comparisons between his POMP and the IRON of REAL AMERICAN MEN..and women!
Thank you!
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:39:25 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
Agree - No more ‘mincing’ words.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:52:10 AM PDT
by
potlatch
("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
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