On the Other Foot
Alex Coleville observes the atrocities of war.
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A Short Slither
Not bald, emaciated or shivering, … yet.
Click on the happy child in Montessori School, in 1940, to see what became of her….
Never, Never, Never.
I lack the literacy skills to describe the depth of horror Al and the other soldiers encountered at Bergen-Belsen.
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Dizzy
Why does this container have three handles?
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Hongerwinter
“We didn’t have so much as a shrivelled potato to eat.” – Ernie Verhulst
Click on the ration tin to hear how Canadian soldiers affected the people of Holland.
Apples
When Wing Commander Moncrief took off from the airstrip at Arromanches, this would have been his view.
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Baie de la Seine
Al told me that crossing the channel to Normandy was his worst experience of the entire war.
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Cyber Dust Bunnies
Somewhere out there, floating on a mysterious cloud, is something you will never see.
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A Letter from the Front
This puffy cloud put a punctuation mark on the end of our first day following Albert Allsop’s wartime trek through Europe.
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TOTIV VIRIBUS
Every day the 39th Reconnaissance Wing operated; they lived up to their motto.
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