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Old 05-08-2006, 10:06 AM   #29 (permalink)
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You missed out the place where the greatest act of bravery took place on the whole invasion coast "Hillman" The huge German defence fortification that commanded a full view of Sword Beach, and where not one bomb or shell had landed.

This huge place was taken by the Third British Infantry Div. with my old Company Sappers in the lead.

If this action had been in the American sector, it would have been made into a "block buster" film. Whereas because they were British it was expected of them.
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