So, let's look them over, starting with this...
Doug, from Blackpool, Lancs, said: “I have been visiting his grave for 37 years.” Go see why.
The bagpiper who lead the 51st off the beach at Normandy? The one President Reagan mentioned in his speech at the 40th anniversary of D-Day?
Piper Millin went back this weekend, too, and played the same pipes he played back on that longest day. H/t to Jim C for the above.
Before the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag, Canadians went to war under the Red Ensign. The Ghost of a Flea will be happy to note that Theospark points out that now and again, the Red Ensign still flies in Ontario. Ht/ CAPT H.
And lastly, back to the US, for another auld veteran of the Normandy landings. While not present on the 6th of June, meet a veteran of Operation Mulberry, who scored a Focke-Wulf 190 in the fighting over the beaches.
Doug, from Blackpool, Lancs, said: “I have been visiting his grave for 37 years.” Go see why.
But he was a damn good Chaplain.Father Joe Lacy was old by Ranger standards, knocking on 40, overweight by at least 30 pounds, wearing thick glasses and short, 5 foot, six inches. He was described by one Ranger as “a small, fat old Irishman.” No way would he be able to keep up when they invaded France.
The bagpiper who lead the 51st off the beach at Normandy? The one President Reagan mentioned in his speech at the 40th anniversary of D-Day?
I think I know what you may be thinking right now -- thinking ``we were just part of a bigger effort; everyone was brave that day.'' Well, everyone was. Do you remember the story of Bill Millin of the 51st Highlanders? Forty years ago today, British troops were pinned down near a bridge, waiting desperately for help. Suddenly, they heard the sound of bagpipes, and some thought they were dreaming. Well, they weren't. They looked up and saw Bill Millin with his bagpipes, leading the reinforcements and ignoring the smack of the bullets into the ground around him.
Piper Millin went back this weekend, too, and played the same pipes he played back on that longest day. H/t to Jim C for the above.
Before the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag, Canadians went to war under the Red Ensign. The Ghost of a Flea will be happy to note that Theospark points out that now and again, the Red Ensign still flies in Ontario. Ht/ CAPT H.
And lastly, back to the US, for another auld veteran of the Normandy landings. While not present on the 6th of June, meet a veteran of Operation Mulberry, who scored a Focke-Wulf 190 in the fighting over the beaches.
