[FredZarguna]

My Dad was at the other invasion of France, Operation Dragoon, August, 1944. He landed at Alpha Beach (Cavalaire-sur-Mer.) The Third ID made their way through rural countryside in France. He said the French farmers and small-townspeople he met were the warmest and most welcoming of all the Europeans he encountered; just like small town Americans.

[1rudeboy]

I spent some time in the rural portion of the Loire Valley in the late 80's. My friends and I walked in to the only bar in Cheffes (I think--wiki has its population at 879, and that's probably 200 more than when I was there), and when the locals found out we were American, they wouldn't let us buy any drinks.

So we took the money that we would have spent on alcohol, and spent it on flowers for the bar.

[Hot Tabasco]

He said the French farmers and small-townspeople he met were the warmest and most welcoming of all the Europeans he encountered; just like small town Americans.

True dat!

My best friend in high school's father was stationed in France during the war and married a wonderful French woman............

My friend's father passed away a number of years ago but his mother is still alive........God Bless her!