1 posted on
12/02/2002 5:14:55 PM PST by
dighton
To: dighton
"...He responded to the informality and the hard work, as well as the pleasures of blowing things up..."They don't make'em like that any more.
2 posted on
12/02/2002 5:25:47 PM PST by
semaj
To: MadIvan
One of your great ones has passed on.
To: dighton
More.
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ONE AGAINST THE WIND is the real-life story about the well-to-do British countess, Mary Lindell, who lived with her teen-aged children in Paris during World War II and smuggled downed Allied fliers to safety right out from under the Nazis. This dangerous path led Mary eventually to capture and imprisonment by the Nazis. Somehow, she barely managed to survive the war. She lived in Paris for the rest of her life and died only recently in 1987 at the age of 92.
Note, she was imprisoned at Ravensbruck the notorious Nazi womens lager, Corrie Tenboom and her sister were also imprisoned there.
I would advise anyone interested to read "The Hiding place"
the Corrie Tenboom story.
6 posted on
12/02/2002 6:09:37 PM PST by
tet68
To: dighton
Thank Mr. Sparks and you fellow Royal Marines, from a grateful posterity.
May God bless and keep you.
To: dighton
Thank Mr. Sparks and your fellow Royal Marines, from a grateful posterity.
May God bless and keep you.
To: dighton
Great story. Common men doing uncommon things when needed. A good lesson for all of us :)
9 posted on
12/02/2002 7:36:11 PM PST by
txzman
To: dighton
I just finished reading "I was a stranger" by
General Sir John Hackett.
Wounded by a mortar fragment in the stomach during the Battle of Arnhem , he was hidden by a dutch family at great risk, within a stones throw of a german Military police billet.
After four months recuperation he was at last well
enough to travel and make his escape .
The courage and bravery of these quiet people was just amazing.
11 posted on
12/02/2002 7:44:21 PM PST by
tet68
To: dighton
but these two found their craft damaged by a submerged hazard; they were betrayed and executed.The damned French.
12 posted on
12/02/2002 7:53:39 PM PST by
krb
To: dighton
Makes my time in the USMC seem like an easy "cake walk." "Semper Fidelis" British Royal Marine Sparks -- a REAL war hero!
To: dighton; Orual; general_re
Excellent!
14 posted on
12/02/2002 7:58:20 PM PST by
aculeus
To: dighton
An excellent post, thank you D.
It's hard not to note the casual mention of the other heroes and the offhanded mention "they were shot".
Taking nothing away from the hero at hand, we should pause a moment and remember that our freedom is the result of the price that these almost anonymous souls- who were shot- paid on our behalf.
God bless them
15 posted on
12/02/2002 8:52:57 PM PST by
IncPen
To: dighton
RIP. They don't make them like they used too.
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