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World History

cilla4progress

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1. Very nice.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 12:52 AM

Jun 2019

So grateful I got a chance to go there last year. I hate war more than anything, so not like me to "tour" it, but it was an off chance of a trip with family and friends.

The bravery, courage, sacrifice, universality of it, got to me.

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The 'Mad Bagpiper' of D-Day, Normandy, Brit Soldier Bill Millin [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2019 OP

Very nice. cilla4progress Jun 2019 #1

Piper Bill Millin, full interview 2008, Dawlish Museum, Devon England. appalachiablue Jun 2019 #2

Hearing the sound of bagpipes feels like every cell... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #3

Two other items of interest gladium et scutum Jun 2019 #4

TY, here's the clip from 'The Longest Day' (1962) appalachiablue Jun 2019 #5