We actually have many friends in France and have visited there several times for Anniversary Memorials of their jump and other movements.
We actually met the man who lives in the home of his Grandfather. He is a firefighter and told us how his Grandfather told him about the American Paratrooper's who had their 75mm Howitzer in his garden! He dug around and found a Cloverleaf that went on the bottom of the shell and sent it to us!
His Grandfather always taught him to be grateful to American's and never forget and they haven't!
That's awesome. I skimmed through a little bit, stopping here and there to read a little bit. I'm glad to see they made a book dedicated to the soldiers. Too bad your father in laws hospital story isn't in there, it would have shown how dedicated the soldiers were.
There's already a famous book about them but the hospital story isn't in it ...kek!
Here's the book:
https://517prct.org/documents/odyssey/paratroopers_odyssey.htm
We actually have many friends in France and have visited there several times for Anniversary Memorials of their jump and other movements.
We actually met the man who lives in the home of his Grandfather. He is a firefighter and told us how his Grandfather told him about the American Paratrooper's who had their 75mm Howitzer in his garden! He dug around and found a Cloverleaf that went on the bottom of the shell and sent it to us!
His Grandfather always taught him to be grateful to American's and never forget and they haven't!
That's awesome. I skimmed through a little bit, stopping here and there to read a little bit. I'm glad to see they made a book dedicated to the soldiers. Too bad your father in laws hospital story isn't in there, it would have shown how dedicated the soldiers were.
What great memories your family has to share!