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Sunday June 7th 2009London Ontario Canada
Memorial parade for the 65th anniversary of D-Day. War Veterans riding in a M4 Sherman tank (used during WWII).
The veteran in the bottom left is in his early 90's if I remember correctly
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fantastic to see the people who fought for our sakes are still out there
The parade we cadets went on for the Battle of Britain memorial day was pretty good too, it was snowing so no-one noticed i was actually crying.
75,000 men in bomber command died, just in the RAF, and more than that in Fighter command.
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them.
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it was really touching to see these veterans come out and still be able to drive around in the same tanks they fought the war in. I got a little choked up throughout the day because my grandfather (who passed away 3 yrs ago) was a war veteran as well. He actually got part of his leg shot off by a tank during the war. I miss him greatly and seeing people come out to remember these men and what they sacrificed was so very touching.
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i love the way that so many people have made the time to see these people, people who are literally heroes, for no-ones life would be the same without them.
I'm sorry for your loss, it takes a lot of guts to sign up when you know what's likely to happen; he did anyway, and that says a great deal of good things about him.
My great-grandfather, died when i was 3, so i don't remember him, but he joined the army in 1914 as a private, and left in 1918 as a captain. When my father was very young, and playing with toy soldiers, he leaned down and said, "it's fine to play with toy soldiers, but don't ever use real ones".
That was the most he ever said about his experiences in WWI.
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