Normandy June 2009 - Page 2

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:19 AM

Most Americans dont give 2 squats about what the British did during the war. i'm lucky enough to have 2 British D-Day veterans that I consider good friends...I'm the lucky one...

Owen · 14-06-2008, 11:19 AM

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the " with stupid" comment was not aimed at you Owen....

Don't worry I got the joke.
I'm well impressed with you coming all that way .
I went all the way over to BC, Canada to meet a CEF Veteran twice & oh and see the Rockies.

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:23 AM

I tend to gravitate to people and not so much to stories...

My trip over to England in 2005 was preciosu because I met Brian and his wife another D-Day vet and his wife from the RASC. Thos 3 days were the best 3 days I have ever spent in Europe.

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:25 AM

Both couple invited me into their homes for drinks, sandwiches and conversations. I'm just some fool from thousands of miles away but they still invited and I was priveledged to go. I wouldnt have missed it for the world.

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:27 AM

Brian was a most gracious host.....He's such a huge personality I felt real small sitting in the room with him....

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Owen

Will you be asking for some of these posts to be edited when you've sobered up?

Am I really that bad?

Owen · 14-06-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by EmersonBigguns

Am I really that bad?

No, just joking.
I went up to Oxford back in the late 80s to meet a Great War Veteran of the Gloucestershire Regiment and Grenadier Guards.
Had a great chat, he gave me some original photos I still have, just the Digestive biscuits didn't do much to soak up the bottle of Sherry we got through.
It's great to meet the Veterans isn't it?

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:41 AM

Thanks for the vote of confidence mate! It's great to meet the veterans especially when they surprise you. I'm on the internet writing notes back and forth and then I'm on the phone talking back and forth and then really before I know we are making plans for a flight overseas and and I'm sititng in sitting rooms with British veterans drinkig ale and siping tea and all the while wondering how a dumb american from ohio wound up in a living room in Birmingham having the most splendid conversation with a British D-Day vet

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:42 AM

It amazes me sometimes how much these old fellows are willingto put up to put up with people like me who just ask ask and ask and sit wide eyed and dumbfounded.

EmersonBigguns · 14-06-2008, 11:44 AM

I love their stories when they tell them

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14-06-2008, 11:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	Most Americans dont give 2 squats about what the British did during the war. i'm lucky enough to have 2 British D-Day veterans that I consider good friends...I'm the lucky one...

14-06-2008, 11:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	I tend to gravitate to people and not so much to stories... My trip over to England in 2005 was preciosu because I met Brian and his wife another D-Day vet and his wife from the RASC. Thos 3 days were the best 3 days I have ever spent in Europe.

14-06-2008, 11:25 AM	#14 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	Both couple invited me into their homes for drinks, sandwiches and conversations. I'm just some fool from thousands of miles away but they still invited and I was priveledged to go. I wouldnt have missed it for the world.

14-06-2008, 11:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	Brian was a most gracious host.....He's such a huge personality I felt real small sitting in the room with him....

14-06-2008, 11:41 AM	#18 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	Thanks for the vote of confidence mate! It's great to meet the veterans especially when they surprise you. I'm on the internet writing notes back and forth and then I'm on the phone talking back and forth and then really before I know we are making plans for a flight overseas and and I'm sititng in sitting rooms with British veterans drinkig ale and siping tea and all the while wondering how a dumb american from ohio wound up in a living room in Birmingham having the most splendid conversation with a British D-Day vet

14-06-2008, 11:42 AM	#19 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	It amazes me sometimes how much these old fellows are willingto put up to put up with people like me who just ask ask and ask and sit wide eyed and dumbfounded.

14-06-2008, 11:44 AM	#20 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 100	I love their stories when they tell them

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