NORMANDY 2009 - PERSONALITIES (in no particular
order) (1 of 5) |
|
 Barbara
(Gavin) Fauntleroy
attended the jump |
508th Friends
Hans and Carolien DeBree of Belgium visited the Normandy Cemetery |
Chat Group
[l-r] Dick O'Donnell, Chet Graham, Leslie and Jim Porcella, 2
unknown, Allison Porcella, Emily Matthews |
 Baupte Observation Post
Zane Schlemmer at Baupte church he used as a mortar OP on June 12, 1944.
"Two other guys and I were up there in the belfry", he said, "You have
heard of bats in the belfry, that was what was there, bats and guano. I
knocked out the wooden louvers on 2 sides to get a good view and to
also let the bats out. We didn't see too much activity-wise while there,
but right after that we went east of town and met up with the guys from
the 101st." |
Ray Wilson (508th) and Fred Hoek (Netherlands) |
On Camera
Ray Wilson is interviewed by an Armed Forces Network-Europe military camera crew |
Chit Chat
Dick O'Donnell and Kathy Price of Nottingham |
Jan Silver and Emile Lacroix
Emil, of Belgium, spearheads the annual "In The Footsteps of the
82nd Airborne " marches |
Resistance Fighter
youngster wears the French flag with the Cross of Lorraine, emblem
of the Free French. |
A Maquis?
this girl may have the resistance movement in mind with he garb |
Chet Graham and Jim
Payne |
British Vet |
Zane Schlemmer with American Legion (Paris) member.
Surprisingly, the French Department of the American Legion was formed
way back in
1919! |
 Baggy
Pants
of the 101st re-enactor epitomizes why the paratroopers were called
"the devils in baggy pants" |
Jan Silver and Graham Lawson
Graham is the 508th's staunchest supporter at
the Wollaton Museum |
Autograph Please
a number of vets are besieged by admirers |
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All Normandy 'D-Day Plus 65' trip photos are a
multi-national mixture of work by Hervé Argoud, Hans DeBree, Gene Garren,
Fred Hoek, Herbert Lahout, Randy Lewellen, Cyndi Mathews, Bill Nation, Dick O'Donnell,
Dominique Potier, Vivian Roger, Zane Schlemmer, Donald van den Bogert and Nelly
van Loo-Polley. Individual credits have not been
given. |
