Jack Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ok, here is some Band of Brothers images, have some more to go up and thanks to Steve for his 'guide' services. Memorial for the crashed C-47 that crashed with Meehan aboard on D-Day and the corner of the field where it crashed killing all onboard. The place where Speirs shot the German PoW's... by the way, there were 3 not 20 prisoners Brecourt - the guns where along the hedge line on the right Carentan - if you have seen the part where Winters stands in the middle of the road kicking his man up the backside to get them out of the ditch in the middle of MG42 fire then this is the road that they were charging down towards the cafe at the bottoom of the hill...have got better ones to put up yet A shot up building in Carentan that house a machine gun nest in the arch way Some of Winters gear at the Deadmans Corner Museum -------------------------------------------------------------- St Mere Eglise. . The Signals doing their job then and now . The loos in St Mere Eglise - :shock: ----------------------------------------- German Cemetery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I hadn't seen these photo's but they are great :tup: Do you have more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Morning Joris. Good to see those again! Yes I do, I have about another 786 Had booked to go again for a week but business has now stuffed up my plans as I have to go away that week :evil: Going to get back there for a day this month sometime :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I'm going there sometime next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Good pix Jack. I've been on a couple of Normandy self-run tours and have taken hundreds of pics. I can recommend the Azeville artillery complex and if you can go to Grainges where some 82AB men relived the Alamo with similar results - God Bless em. The German cemetery pictured has the grave of Michael Whittmann. If you get down near Mont St Michel (look at it from a distance - don't visit the rock in sumer unless you are hardy/bonkers) you will find the German ossuary at Mont des Huisnes - a stunning structure opened in 1963 bringing in German dead from all around the region and the Channel Isles. Normandy is one of those places where you will always find something new and where the battlefield touring bug will bite you hard (if you have a soul). Even in tiny villages like Les Mesnilbus where there is a P47 Thunderbolt monument with a brilliant story. But there is a lot of stuff to find closer to home. Try and get to Esquelbecq and Le Paradis for 1940 British grit. Then look at WW1 - a million stories waiting to be told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Absolutely right there Snap. I am planning a trip to follow my Grandfathers foot steps from Normandy to the Ardennes. Didn't know about the grave of Michael Whittmann, I will go and see it when we go back, hopefully this month when we intend to do look at our section. I was very moved with that German cemetery and I do like its message of piece that it promotes, their is something very elegant about it, something profound. Maybe oneday we will allow ourselves to learn from history, but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I'm planning to go to Normandy next year for a long weekend and when my Dodge is fully operational I'm going with my Dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Lucky so & so... I'd love to take mine :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I am going there in 2009 with the jeep on the IMPS Normandy 65th Anniversary tour, cant wait enjoyed it so much on the 60th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 I am going there in 2009 with the jeep on the IMPS Normandy 65th Anniversary tour, cant wait enjoyed it so much on the 60th Hi Mark. Got any more details on that? Sounds like fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hi Mark. Got any more details on that? Sounds like fun! Jack will try to find out if places are taken yet, as there were x amount allocated because of space on the camp site, will let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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