Tuesday, August 19, 2025

More From DDay Ohio 2025

My friend Francois falls in with us as a medic, but does not do the landings. The good part of that is he does a wonderful job taking pictures and he was also a great partner in volunteering to cook with me for the section. These pictures are all from Francois's camera. He also took some very nice short videos that I need to download and post as well. 

Ready to go and liberate France! 

After the landing, reorganizing for a safety check and the march back to camp

Mick and Francois sharing a beverage

Bayonet practice. Yes, sometimes, we really do practice stuff and things...

Saturday night, le souper was tinned corned beef and cabbage. Pretty good if I do say so myself. 

I'll try to get more pictures sorted and put up soon. I'd like to get some of Francois' videos up as well, since he's got a couple of dandy shots of Mick piping us to and from the landing. 

More anon. 


3 comments:

  1. Interesting to see the subtle variations in the Canadian "green" khaki battledress - one for the people who tell you "it's the wrong colour".
    Neil

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  2. Neil, I very much agree with you on that. Even with mass produced industrial grade uniforms today, I still find subtle differences, particularly after exposure to sun and rain....and in our case...Lake Erie once in a while...

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  3. Dad's army eat your heart out ,🤣excellent stuff Eric.

    Willz.

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