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      Lawrence of Arabia 100 year old camp found
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2587193/Secret-desert-camp-used-First-World-War-hero-Lawrence-Arabia-discovered-intact-rum-jars-campfire.html

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      Famous sailor in VJ day photo dies
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      That era of fighting men is fading into the past, and I hate it!

      I’m glad that WWII is so documented so these men’s deeds are never forgotten.

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      The last Medal of Honor recipient to have stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day dies
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      @General:

      Don’t lose your interest for we also are getting fewer and will go the way of the veterans. Gaming carries on remembering those that sacrificed to allow us to be here today at this moment.

      Yes and I think that, as more and more WWII veterans pass on, it’s important for those of us with an interest in WWII to sustain that interest on behalf of the people who actually lived through the conflict.  Their departures will inevitably lead to the sad day when first-hand experience of WWII will no longer be within the living memory of anyone around us – but there are no limits to the duration of second-hand interest in WWII, which will go on for as long as anyone cares to study the subject and to recognize its enormous importance in the course of world history.

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      Behind enemy lines, new book: true story
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      Thank you.
      It is great reading about local people and knowing they are in your community, having done things we really respect.

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      One of the last from "The Great Escape" dies aged 92
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      ABWorsham4

      We are loosing a great many of WW2 veterans daily.  :oops:

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      RIP Charles Durning
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      Thank you Raunchy. 
      Is always sad to hear of the death of a WW1 or WW2 vet,
      Charles Durning was one hell of a man and one I will remember fondly.

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      Honour in the skies: An interesting story
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      That is beyond mental. Really enjoyed reading and learning of that story, Raunchy.
      You do find some seriously good stories.
      Love the pic of the two planes flying together.
      “Honour is everything here.”

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      Interesting story of an RAF pilot Ken Gatward
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      Gargantua

      Impressive…

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      Windtalker George Smith passes aged 90
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      The UK lost its last WW1 veteran this year and I think France has too.
      My wife and I were  saddened at the loss of Dick Winters when we heard that. I do try to pick up a paper and read the obituaries, always looking for WW2 stories.
      I hope I do not forget what my grandparents have passed on to me, as I am going to do the same with mine. My mum has written down all she can remember from her grandparents and even further back. I have told her I want it all.

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      SGM Plumley passes away
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      ABWorsham4

      Our WW2 men and women are quickly getting thinned out, it’s hard to come to terms with.

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      70 yr old mystery solved
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      Hey Garg.  Man I wish I could ask him.  I spent one weekend with him at his cottage the week after the at the time Premier Bill Davis was there.  A few years later he found out he had aggressive cancer.  Being a man’s man he didn’t want anybody to see him in his weak and dying state and died with only his wife at his side a few weeks later.  I’ll ask my mom tho, we were just talking about them as her 90th b-day was last week and mom went.

      Man that Berlin Air Lift was one hell of a heroic effort.  A pivotal moment in the cold war in my opinion.

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      Divers searching to prove story of sunken enemy sub off Oregon coast
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      Yes. Thank you.

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      Hermann Goering' gold-plated handgun up for aution
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      There’s a scene in the movie Across the Pacific in which Sydney Greenstreet shows his pistol (I think it’s a 38-caliber gun) to Humphrey Bogart, who puts his Colt 45 pistol alongside Greenstreet’s and comments, “Mine’s bigger than yours.”

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      Footage from Colditz emerges after 70 years.
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      From the article:

      Among the prisoners were Desmond Llewelyn (pictured above), who resumed his acting career after five years in Colditz and achieved fame as Q in the James Bond films

      I never this about Desmond Llewelyn, does anybody know of an autobiography about Q? 5 years in Colditz.

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      Interesting reunion 68 years in the making
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182638/WWII-veteran-stunned-bumping-comrade-thought-died-battle-fought-side-68-years-ago.html

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      German U-boat found off coast of Massachusetts
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      @CWO:

      @wittman:

        Nice Pirate. I love submarine stories and films and admire those that could endure the life. I would go mad!

      As compensation, the food on modern ballistic missile subs is probably the best military chow in any branch of any service.Â

      I would have to agree with that (3 years on one), although when I was out of Italy, had choice of 6 different types of ice cream on the sub tender….

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      True story of Wojtek, the Polish Bear who served.
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&NR=1&v=GZiH5wMad1Q

      Actual footage.

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      Play taps. Final 2 of the Devils Brigade passed within 12hrs of each other.
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      If you like history and stories, go back through my subject postings as most are captivating.

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      Book by General Sir Miles Dempsey is found.
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2110433/General-Sir-Miles-Dempseys-secret-book-discovered-safe.html

      First person knighted on battlefield since Agincourt in 1415

      Great story.

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      Buried secrets: Nazi warplanes found in Indiana
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      Thanks for sharing the zero story!

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      The warped Nazi propaganda film of Titanic
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      LOL I like it Vance.

      There needs to be POW rules…

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      Hitler's son: Jean-Marie Loret
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102796/Did-Hitler-father-lovechild-New-claims-emerge-Fuhrer-son-Frenchwoman.html

      German army papers showed that officers brought envelopes of cash to Miss Lobjoie during the Second World War.

      After she died, Mr Loret found paintings in her attic which were signed by Hitler. In Germany, a portrait of a woman painted by the Fuhrer emerged that looked remarkably like Miss Lobjoie.

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      Hitler's 'forged fivers' mayhem
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102332/Adolf-Hitlers-fake-British-bank-notes-expected-fetch-2k-auction.html

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      New pictures of Hitler at home
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      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091261/Inside-Hitlers-private-world-Wartime-pictures-rooms-Fuhrer-spent-quiet-time.html

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      For rent: Hitler's Wolf's Lair
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      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/9022566/For-rent-Hitlers-Wolfs-Lair.html

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