70th Anniversary D-Day - No Coverage???

[Scott Hamilton]

I am a little disappointed that there has been little coverage of the 70th anniversary of D-Day here in Australia. There have been only very small news items but other than that there has been little to no coverage. I have had to go online to see any of the events.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

plenty of day time coverage here in the UK...lots of media coverage on the D-Day veteren resident in a care home..told he couldnt go to Normandie...sneaked out of the home with medals on..boarded a coach and arrived in time for the celebrations...good result from P & O Ferries..free travel for the rest of his life...well he is in his 90/s...just shows that generation had some balls....best regards malcolm

[Ryan]

I agree Scott. And what we saw had bloody Abbott's head all over it.

[Ryan]

Malcolm we had him too on our news here in Aus.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Ryan the money that has been spent flying in all the euro-leaders and of course there hangers on..supplying fleets of cars,feeding them all...I noticed they kindly gave the veterens a bottle of water and some cheap cup cakes far beter they had given these brave men a couple of thousand pounds each instead of spending it on that bunch of a*******S..and Im betting they would have lots of our cash left over! cheers malcolm

[maple_leaf_eh]

The Canadian public (ie. state) TV broadcaster had two of its usual suspects blathering on and on during live coverage of the ceremonies. Some interesting colour commentary, but not high enough quality to hold my undistracted attention. The CBC can learn a thing or two about broadcasting parades from the BBC's coverage of the Trooping of the Colours. Youtube it for curiousity.

There was one interesting visual for me at least. During the Minute of Silence, I spotted a 95-yr old veteran and his personal assistant, both of whom I had spoken to a month ago. Stanley Fields landed at H-Hour minus 5 to defuse mines and explosives on the beach obstacles before the main parties landed. The sections got ashore and sheltered under the sea wall for two hours under fire. His 5th Field Company had sections on each of the Juno beaches with the mission of clearing the way for others.

There was a similar celebration at the Aviation Museum in Ottawa over the weekend for anyone who couldn't travel overseas. Although there were no AFV's or HMV's, several warbirds and other piston driven planes did their flybys.