Display MoreToday, my family and I visted our local harbour,
to the spot, of embarkation of thousands
of American troops, for the D-Day landings on Utah beach.
It immediately made me think of my friends on the JWMB,
who are interested in US military history.
There is a memorial depicting this historic event,
and the fight by the locals, to retain the two listed slipways,
that the US Army built .
Here is a link to Slapton Sands,
where 'Exercise Tiger' and the role of the Sherman Tank.
This is the practice beach for the Normandy landings,
and many American Troops, lost their lives in this tragic event.
Sherman Tank- History Of Exercise Tiger
Sure wish our respective countries still had the proud spirit that characterized them in WW2, Keith.
Don't know about you but I see little in the US that arouses the pride I used to feel for my country.
Several years ago, Glenn Campbell and Jimmy Rodgers (I think) made popular a song entitled "The World I Used To Know" which perfectly expresses my feelings nowadays.
