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  1. Linkert

    Linkert New Member

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    Good day everyone

    I am a 37 year old man from Belgium, living in the Flemish part of the country near several battlefields like Flanders Fields, Verdun, Somme (WW1), Normandy, Bastogne, Market Garden, Hürtgenwald.... (WW2).

    The history of WW1 and WW2 has become a passion for me. I have adopted 14 American war graves and 1 British war grave in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

    I registered to search for more information concerning soldiers, divisions, regiments, battles etcetera.

    Nice to meet you all and let's hope I find what I'm looking for.

    Best regards
    Nick
    Belgium

    nicksbattlefieldtrips.com
     
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    Welcome, Nick!
     
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    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Welcome to the Forums, Nick. I am not able to get your website link to work. Maybe the URL is not correct?
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Hi Nick. We're here to help if we can. I also can't access your website.
     
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    Oh my, thank you all. I've edited the weblink, guess I was still a bit tired when typing my text :)
     
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    Welcome Nick!
     
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    Welcome to the forum.
    Clicked link in post #1 & get error message but when googled it I finally got there.
    nicksbattlefieldtrips.com
     
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    Now it should work :) Just changed the text, not the link.
     
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    Otto Spambot Nemesis Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Hello Nick, great to have you. Very nice site too.
     
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    G'day Nick, plenty of Aussies in your area...sacred Aussie places...
     
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    Yes indeed. In my little town we commemorate the crash of a Lancaster with mostly Australian crew members. Only the pilot survived, he visited us in 2012 and died only last month. Here you can read about it and the horrible event (follow the 'Linkhout' link in the menu): War Visitors Linkhout
     
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    Welcome to this fine place.
     
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    A belated welcome. Glad to have another contributor of your background.
     
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    A very hearty welcome Nick. Thank you so much for your devotion to all these heroes.
    I know a man who's brother is buried at Henri-Chapelle. When he discovered his brother's grave had been adopted and was being cared it ment so much to him. Your efforts are truly appreciated.
     
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    Hello Buten42, thanks for your kind words. Do you know the name of the man buried at Henri-Chapelle?
    Best regards
    Nick
     
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