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Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:54 pm to TheShmoo
Why just American? I visited the grave of British Captain Charles May in Somme, France after hearing his story. It was moving.
One of his last messages to his wife before he was killed at the battle of the Somme
“I must not allow myself to dwell on the personal – there is no room for it here. Also it is demoralising. But I do not want to die. Not that I mind for myself. If it be that I am to go, I am ready. But the thought that I may never see you or our darling baby again turns my bowels to water.
…But it is the thought that we may be cut off from each other which is so terrible and that our babe may grow up without my knowing her and without her knowing me. It is difficult to face. And I know your life without me would be a dull blank. Yet you must never let it become wholly so, for you will be left with the greatest challenge in all the world; the upbringing of our baby. God bless that child, she is the hope of life to me.
My darling, au revoir. It may well be that you will only have to read these lines as ones of passing interest. On the other hand, they may well be my last message to you. If they are, know through all your life that I loved you and baby with all my heart and soul, that you two sweet things were just all the world to me. I pray God I may do my duty, for I know, whatever that may entail, you would not have it otherwise.”
One of his last messages to his wife before he was killed at the battle of the Somme
“I must not allow myself to dwell on the personal – there is no room for it here. Also it is demoralising. But I do not want to die. Not that I mind for myself. If it be that I am to go, I am ready. But the thought that I may never see you or our darling baby again turns my bowels to water.
…But it is the thought that we may be cut off from each other which is so terrible and that our babe may grow up without my knowing her and without her knowing me. It is difficult to face. And I know your life without me would be a dull blank. Yet you must never let it become wholly so, for you will be left with the greatest challenge in all the world; the upbringing of our baby. God bless that child, she is the hope of life to me.
My darling, au revoir. It may well be that you will only have to read these lines as ones of passing interest. On the other hand, they may well be my last message to you. If they are, know through all your life that I loved you and baby with all my heart and soul, that you two sweet things were just all the world to me. I pray God I may do my duty, for I know, whatever that may entail, you would not have it otherwise.”
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:57 pm to TheShmoo
I always do.
I have been to a bunch of them, including the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach.
I have been to a bunch of them, including the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 6:44 am to TheShmoo
Just returned from a trip through Germany and France. Stopped by the American Cemetery in Luxemburg where Patton is buried. Likewise at the cemeteries at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woods. Finished with the American Cemetery at Omaha beach.
Sobering and somber.
Sobering and somber.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 5:06 pm to SagesSon
I was on a bus between Florence and siena and passed an American War cemetary.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:09 pm to TheShmoo
I spent three days in March in and around Bayeux, Normandy. I did an eight hour D-Day tour. I made it all the way through seeing Utah Beach, the museum, Pointe du Hoc, and the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach.
We arrived at the cemetery right before 4pm when they lower the flags and play Taps. I felt fine.
With Taps playing, the flag made it about halfway down when it hit me like a lightening bolt. Nothing has ever hit me that hard and fast with emotion. I teared up. That's when i truly knew why I made that trip.
We arrived at the cemetery right before 4pm when they lower the flags and play Taps. I felt fine.
With Taps playing, the flag made it about halfway down when it hit me like a lightening bolt. Nothing has ever hit me that hard and fast with emotion. I teared up. That's when i truly knew why I made that trip.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:04 pm to SagesSon
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This post was edited on 7/15/24 at 3:43 pm
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