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D-Day veteran reported missing by care home staff is found in Normandy
UK Daily Mail ^
| 06/06/2014
| Sophie Jane Evans
Posted on 06/06/2014 1:09:51 PM PDT by DFG
A D-Day veteran who was reported missing from a care home has been found in Normandy after travelling to France to mark the invasion's 70th anniversary.
Bernard Jordan, 89, a former mayor of Hove, sneaked out of The Pines nursing home in Furze Hill yesterday after being told by staff he could not make the trip to Normandy.
Donning his war medals under a raincoat, the Royal Navy veteran joined his former comrades on a coach, before arriving at a hotel in Ouistreham, northwestern France, 12 hours later.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernard; bernardjordan; dday; ddayanniversary; france; furzehill; godsgravesglyphs; hove; normandy; ouistreham; worldwareleven
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To: molson209
Matthau and Lemmon came to my mind, too, but we need British. O’Toole would have been good.
To: DFG
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:25:00 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
To: DFG
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:25:19 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(What if I told you your leaders were lying to you?)
To: DFG
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:28:48 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: DFG
Good for him.
This story made my day.
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:30:09 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: DFG
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:34:11 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: AnAmericanMother
That movie been on Ovation TV a lot lately
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:34:35 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: DFG
“Bernard Jordan, 89, a former mayor of Hove, sneaked out of The Pines nursing home in Furze Hill yesterday after being told by staff he could not make the trip to Normandy. “
Were they keeping him prisoner?
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:36:44 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: gaijin
To: DFG
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
06/06/2014 1:43:04 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: beaversmom
Both Richard Attenborough and David McCallum from the GREAT ESCAPE movie are still alive. Attenborough is 90 don’t know if he is still working but McCallum is. I could see either playing the part.
To: nomorelurker
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:03:41 PM PDT
by
DocJhn
To: DFG
How can the tell him where and when he can go? He’s not a prisoner, is he?
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:05:50 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: DFG
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:10:07 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: DFG
another successful invasion. good on him!
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:27:11 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Blood of Tyrants
of course they can.
welcome to socialized medicine
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:29:47 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: napscoordinator
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!
To: DFG
Brilliant!! God bless Bernard and his lovely wife, Irene.
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posted on
06/06/2014 2:58:44 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: dljordan
If the Germans could not keep Bernard Jordan on the beach at Normandy, what made these nurses think they could keep him in the Vet home? Age does not affect determination.
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posted on
06/06/2014 3:10:31 PM PDT
by
OldBullrider
(if yur hurt, rub some dirt on it, and get back to work)
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