My screen name represents the nickname for my hometown "Cuijk" Ed.
Your article is very interesting to me. My uncle Piet (Pete) was arrested in 1943 in the City of Rotterdam and transported to St.Malo. His only...
This parent story of coincidence starts at the final days of WW-One and ends shortly after WW-Two: My Father was a teenager at the end of WWI in...
John Agar was also -with John Wayne- in the picture "Sands of Iwo Jima".
I saw the guy in a program on Discovery or the Military Channel. I am surprised that none of the other Veterans who were in the same program had...
Isn't it interesting that a few days after the Air France A330 crash, Boeing delayed again the first testflight of the B787, which is also...
Currently I am reading a recently published book about the City of Nijmegen in the Netherlands during 1944. The title of the book is: "Nijmegen...
Very nice about the stolen paintings for Holocaust victims. No offense but I wonder if they discuss other victims also? What about other people...
A lot of action in and around Overloon is described in the book: The forgotten battle" written by A. Korthals Altes and N.K.C.A. in 't Veld....
The "Confederate" Air Force has been renamed: "The Commerative Air Force".
Try this book: "A Drop too many" by John Frost himself. Good Luck!
This year my D-Day celebration was limited to watching D-Day specials (all repeats) on the Military Channel. In the past however, we celebrated...
A movie where the Germans win? Well, how about the invasion of the Netherlands on 10 May 1940? In spite of heavy resistance, the Dutch...
A "Bridge too Far" is by far my favorite, since a lot of the portrayed action happened all around me. Have lots of family in the City of Nijmegen...
When the movie "Decision before Dawn" originally came out it was called "Kriegie", roughly translated as "POW". It starred Oscar Werner as the...
Alter Hase, That's quite a listing of books you posted above. Quite a variety of subjects too. I even have half a dozen or so of the listed...
Many years ago, I saw a movie about a (non-allied) High ranked German Officer, though mostly portrayed as anti - Nazi. The movie was about...
Drew5233. Jusr read your request. Here is a related story: September 17, 1944. The sky is full of planes and gliders over my home town. That's...
Drew 5233, I checked the after battle report called "A Graphic History of the 82nd Airborne" - Operation Market Garden". No operation names are...
Heidi, What is your WWII name anyway? Heidi or Hiedi? When the USA finally came to the assistance of Britain, most Brits were not all that happy...
