Discombobulation
I have been told that recent posts about Albert Allsop’s WWII experience were confusing.
Click on Al’s WWII Army Training Division for an orderly re-arrangement of those stories …
The Civilian War
One day you are dodging machine-gun fire, and the next you are selling Allis-Chalmers tractor parts.
Click on the tractor for a Look Ahead…
Honourably Discharged
“A soldier-to-soldier camaraderie emerged between the victors and the defeated.”
Click on the former combatants for details….
On the Other Foot
Alex Coleville observes the atrocities of war.
Click on the soldier/artist for details…
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.
Click on the German officer and his cargo for an interpretation, from someone who was there…
Dizzy
Why does this container have three handles?
Click on the military issue Jerry Can to find the answer…
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.
Click on the harbour for a closer look…
Baie de la Seine
Al told me that crossing the channel to Normandy was his worst experience of the entire war.
Click on the portal overlooking Baie de la Seine for the complete story…
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A Pardoned Horse
“Don’t tell your wife there is an unused grave nearby…” Click on either horse for the lead-up to this quote…. Read more
Monkey Mind
Why does it say “critical” and “error”? Click on the self portrait for details….. Read more