AFJF Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Checked out the D-Day museum in Portsmouth today, impreial war museum and underground war cabinet in London yesterday. Leaving for Normandy by ferry in the am. Nice group of people on the tour including a gentleman who fought in the battle of the bulge. I spoke with him briefly today at the museum and he tends to get a little emotional. He said he spent so many years trying to forget the war but now wants to come back and retrace his steps. So far the trip is as good as I could have hoped and should only get better tomorrow going to the Normandy beaches and Caen. So far internet access hasn't been too hard to come by so I hope to be logged on once or twice during the draft. J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Just wanted to see if there were any posters in to WW II history. I just booked this vacation for next year and I can't friggin wait Follow the pathways of patriots in a journey that focuses on World War II, the fight for Normandy and the battles that followed. A comprehensive tour of London highlights Buckingham Palace, The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and includes a guided tour of the Imperial War Museum. A ferry ride takes you across the English Channel where a visit to the Memorial Museum in Caen, France puts the remainder of the tour in historical context. Visit Ste. Mere Eglise and the Airborne Museum; and see where the 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled 100-foot cliffs on D-Day morning to control the landing approaches to Omaha and Utah beaches. En route to Reims and the magnificent Reims Cathedral, you will pass many famous towns, sites and cemeteries from World War I. Upon arrival in Reims, tour the Museum of the Surrender, where the German High Command surrendered in 1945. Travel to Bastogne, Belgium, where the Battle of the Bulge was fought, and in Luxembourg, visit the burial site of General Patton. In Cologne, visit the beautiful gothic cathedral, which boasts the largest western fa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hey AF my dad jumped into St.Mere Eglise with E Co 505th 82ndAA-in fact I met John Steele who got hung up on the steeple and am named after General James Gavin and have his brass drinking cup sitting in my room right now Wow, that is awesome. Ste Mere Eglise is one of the stops on the trip in a couple of days. Not sure of the scheduel but I know tomorrow is the trip across the ferry to France and stop at Caen. I think the invasion beaches may actually be the follwing day because the ferry, Caen, and the museum in Caen will take most of the day. I'm going to get some pictures of course, and I'll be taking one of the John Steele replica paratrooper on top of the church thats there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Wow, that is awesome. Ste Mere Eglise is one of the stops on the trip in a couple of days. Not sure of the scheduel but I know tomorrow is the trip across the ferry to France and stop at Caen. I think the invasion beaches may actually be the follwing day because the ferry, Caen, and the museum in Caen will take most of the day. I'm going to get some pictures of course, and I'll be taking one of the John Steele replica paratrooper on top of the church thats there today. I have a lot of memorebelia from my father that my mom gave me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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