You're welcome, Martin. Thank you for those fine pictures of Charlie beach. Brooke, Well, I can honestly tell you that talking to s...

I made a new topic as not spoil the topic of Martin too much. Erwin We would love to hear the story of Michael, so post away ne...

Mike ended up with the 87th Cav Rcn Sq of the 7th Armored Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and encountered the Russians at war's en...

Additional information: As for the landing, this is a story in itself. We disembarked from a British transport to an LCVP. We climbed down...

Looking at those photos, I noticed they have demolished the "German villa" completely now. It was called this way because some Germans from ...

If I was a cute 24-year-old blonde girl, I'd come over and kiss you! But instead I am a 36-year-old mean Belgian male - ha ha - so I settle to sh...

Don't forget one thing; thanks to the Russians, the German Army could not concentrate its full might towards the Western Front. If Russia had...

This is Pvt. Thomas F. Vella. He was one of the men killed in the glider crash. His sister - Josephine Vella - was present at the inaugu...

Some pictures from the last commemoration (September 17, 2006): Welcome word by Jean-Pierre Casteels (Vella Comité) Thanks to this "Comité...

This is a still from a newsreel taken at Ramsbury Airbase on September 17, 1944. Here, you see men of the 101st Airborne Signal Company marching ...

A small cross made from the wreckage and a crushed helmet was placed at the spot where the glider went down. The cross stayed there a few years a...

A lot of guys owe their lives to the courage of these men. I don't know if you remember or saw the episode on Bastogne in the series "Band of Bro...

Nah, I rather sit quietly in the corner behind. I just like helping out with what I know from research, books, etc. Erwin

Sure one of a kind, no? It is something standing inside that Chapel looking at his face. Also a little eerie being on the spot where they fo...

Thanks, I'll give it a try. You never know. If pressed further, I'll reply "well, that Jerry keeps denying my grandfather was his, so it...