Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Normandy Update
Since we have been to France and Belgium, Ken and I have become voracious readers of material about the Canadians, Normandy and Buron. We intend to attend an open house at the Cambridge Armouries, the home of the Highland Light Infantry, at the end of October.
The Armouries house a museum with many diaries and artifacts, I've been told. In the meantime we have been collecting material and trying to decide what or where to head next. One book entitled: Bloody Buron by J. Allan Snowie, was difficult to locate but full of pictures (some of Francis) and many interesting interviews. We wished we had found it before we went to Europe.
We need to get in touch with the Historical Society and make sure they have some of this. Then we need to talk about a strategy to move forward on the Victoria Cross issue.
I was hoping to talk to someone about my Dad's papers as well. Much harder to figure out where he was and who he was attached to.
We have also seen some very graphic and compelling original film footage this week in a show called the Colours of War on the History Channel, much of it was about Normandy.
The Armouries house a museum with many diaries and artifacts, I've been told. In the meantime we have been collecting material and trying to decide what or where to head next. One book entitled: Bloody Buron by J. Allan Snowie, was difficult to locate but full of pictures (some of Francis) and many interesting interviews. We wished we had found it before we went to Europe.
We need to get in touch with the Historical Society and make sure they have some of this. Then we need to talk about a strategy to move forward on the Victoria Cross issue.
I was hoping to talk to someone about my Dad's papers as well. Much harder to figure out where he was and who he was attached to.
We have also seen some very graphic and compelling original film footage this week in a show called the Colours of War on the History Channel, much of it was about Normandy.
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