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Originally Posted by Private_collector
Wow! That must have been an amazing gathering. I envy you both.
Such an unbelievable tribute to the D Day participants!
I would like to do this journey one day. I imagine there would be a permanent lump in my throat for the duration.
While I think of it. where the hell did the LC come from, that was in one of the Normandy photos in my earlier post?
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Hi Tony,
It is a priviledge to take part in these events and meeting the veterans who took part in 1944. My first one was in 1989 when the Vets were a lot younger and I remember so well in '94 when a lot of our club members vehicles transported a group of Vets along the beach to Arromanches so they could march in front of the Queen.
The Landing Craft was one currently in service with the British Army.
In 2014, it will be the 70th anniversary and the military vehicle clubs in the UK are already planning their tours with participants booked in. Once again there will be a number on Australian and New Zealander MV enthusiasts who are going to ship their vehicles to Southern Europe to travel up to Normandy and join us on the MVT campsite.
Sorry to hijack your thread, but I think you started it by posting that photo up
regards, Richard