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Old 21-07-23, 07:10
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"Ginny", or "Old Ginny", landed in France on 26 July 1944 with the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, and continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war.
Luc Normand bought a Sherman model named “Ginny” in Montreal: “Years ago I acquired a miniature tank that came from the family of a veteran, bearing the same name “Ginny”. I never realized it was named after an actual WW2 Sherman tank.”

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