m10bob -> RE: VISIT TO NORMANDY PHOTOS (9/11/2016 2:58:03 PM)
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After the battle of St Lo, dad-s division (the 29th) was enroute to take the port of Brest. The Brits lent the Americans 5 Churchill Crocks and dad saw them on the main road moving in single file. The Germans had placed mines in the roadway with large naval shells under them. One of the Brit tanks hit one of the mines and after the explosion, dad said there were no pieces remaining larger than a dinner plate. He was roughly a hundred yards away. Here is a page from the division "booklets" which were issued monthly. Top right picture shows one of the Brit Churchills. [image]local://upfiles/7909/317EC891B31244D8863310F0BF43B910.jpg[/image]
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