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20th June 2024, 05:13 PM
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Re: D day at Omaha beach
Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Good article in the paper today about 'D Day landing'.
Montgomery was quoted as saying 'I wish the Australians were here now"
They were fighting in Asia by then but had made their mark at El Aleman and other placers.
Monty had a great admiration of their fighting spirit.
My father-in-law was in the 8th Army and used to say if a time was set the ANZACS went two minutes early.
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