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Originally posted by Bruce Parker
Puys, a notch in the chalk cliffs a mile east of Dieppe where the Royal Regiment of Canada was destroyed. Incredible folly. Magnificent bravery.
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Truly humbling pictures.
Both Bruce and I served in the Royal Regiment of Canada (as did Frank Misztal). Bruce, during a recent militaria event, gave me a piece of "chert" stone, from the Puys beach. I was absolutely shattered that he did this for me.
I felt the stone, stroked it, and felt...something. I'm not one to be called psychic or "otherworldly", but... there was an indescribable feeling, perhaps of subliminal "deja vu", that permeated my very being.
Of Dieppe...being a Monarchist, one doesn't criticize one's "family", does one? However, much as I despise the IRA and all it stands for, I can't begrudge the murder of Mountbatten by the IRA. It was that scion of a dysfunctional family who authored and authorized the Dieppe "raid". He is, therefore, a murderer in his own right, having caused the deaths of so many soldiers on 19 Aug 42.
26-07-04, 08:03
Re: Puys
Bruce Parker (RIP) 
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