France 1940

[Norm Cromie (RIP)]

Hi Geoff:
I wish to give many kudo's to you and everyone on MLU for your always interesting threads. You have to indulge me in hearing some of my ancient old vets war stories, but in June of 1940 for a young soldier of 18, yet to see any real action it sure was a great and exciteing time. I thought during the excursion into France our task was to relieve the 51st Highland division but my good buddy Art Johnson once told me he thought it was the 52nd. Maybe one of you chaps can clarify this. As everyone knows Rommel desimated the 51st. So it is obvious that I was fortunate having not completed this task. A little point of personal interest. There was a rumor that excentric Lady Aster at the Port of Plymouth was pulling all soldiers off the gang plank who she thought were too young to go to France, which scared the hell out of me. I am sure every veteran who made this crazy dash into Europe during this period could tell some pretty fantastic stories.