To: SunkenCiv
The soldiers were very moved by the discovery of a man they felt would have shared some of their experiences. They joined the excavation at Barrow Clump as part of Operation Nightingale, an initiative to help the recovery of veterans of recent conflicts, particularly Afghanistan, by involving them in archaeology. The scheme, working with Wessex Archaeology, has been so successful that several of the veterans have retrained as professional archaeologists. The whole article is very interesting but that paragraph stood out. Very cool!
2 posted on
03/02/2019 12:08:25 AM PST by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: radu
The vid is pretty great as well. The presenter (Tony) doesn't dwell on anything, but asks several of the vets how they happened to get there.
4 posted on
03/02/2019 12:35:08 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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