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Re-enactment WWII in Bedum (The Netherlands) in May 2011 remembering the liberation of this village in May 1945
This is the original canteen. 700 Austin Rover Workers used to work in these tunnels.
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If you have time, I recommend you look through all my pictures of the tunnels so that you gain a proper impression of the site.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakelow_Tunnels
Drakelow Tunnels:
Regional Government HQ (contains a good map of the tunnel layout): www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page223.htm
This is what I can remember the guide telling us:
Drakelow Tunnels cover about 285,000 square feet (26,500 square meters)
Built in 1939 for Austin Rover workers to make engine parts for Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes.
Later it became a Cold War regional defense bunker, hence the three blast doors we had to pass through to gain entry to the site.
The site is massive, the tunnels stretch for three and a half miles (five and a half kilometers) -- on entry, our guide told us not to wander off or we would become lost, and I can well believe it.
All sorts can be seen down there, including dormitories, canteens, and even an operating theater from the Cold War era. This had been found with all the equipment (such as an X-ray machine) unopened.
Photograph of the United States’ encampment at the Tampico Flats in Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. A barrage balloon is seen lying on the ground next to the apartment buildings (undated).
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
WWII German Bunker at Batterie de Longues-sur-Mer
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Tony posing
My grandfather recently passed away at the age of 98.
He was a hero to me. He fought in WWII, and upon return started a steak house in Ca, had his own construction business, road paving business, and who knows what else, before starting a very successful Mexican Foods business.
A true entrepreneur.
Husband of 70 years to his wife, and great grandfather.
His name is Tony Garcia.
Snapshot taken across the Scheldt River looking towards downtown Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. Pictured in the foreground are 1st Sgt. Fenor (?) and Capt. Anderson on the dock. Photograph taken by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed there with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army [circa 1945] [description on back of photograph as being taken from “Ghent” is incorrect”].
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot of William J. Ellis, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, posing for a photograph while wearing his military gas mask while standing along an unidentified body of water [believed to be at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland], taken within Ellis’ first year in service during World War II. Ellis later came to live in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1942) [Photograph collected by Ellis’ girlfriend Peggy Long in “His Service Record” book during Ellis’ WWII service].
From William J. Ellis Papers, WWII 53, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Aircraft damaged beyond repair were dumped, post war some of the metal was salvaged, the rest remains and is slowly picked off by souvenir hunters. Photographed at the abandoned WWII air force base at Gorrie Field. This was a large base with a still impressive main runway. Light aircraft can still use the airstrip after 60 years without maintentance!
Photograph of Angelene Calvert of Linwood, N.C, wearing a button up top and a white skirt, standing outside in a hedge garden at an unidentified location during World War II. Photograph believed taken while Calvert worked as a draftsman in the Military Personnel Office at the Pentagon [undated].
From Calvert and Pickett Papers, WWII 163, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
On June 18th 2012, friends, family and women veterans participated in the first-ever ‘Women Teeing it Up for Our Women Veterans’ Golf Tournament in Prior Lake, Minn. An event in honor of Governor Mark Dayton’s proclamation of ‘Minnesota Women Veterans Day’. The Proclamation states, “Women have served patriotically in defense of our Nation, starting with the Revolutionary War including WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Over 23,000 Minnesota women have served our great State in the Armed Forces and over 15% of our Nation’s Armed Forces are women.”
www.minnesotanationalguard.org/press_room/e-zine/articles...
This is a mount for a (missing) 3" gun, on the fore deck of a WWII Japanese Patrol Boat, 40 feet deep. It makes a great photo prop, on clear days, due to the proliferation of so many colorful corals and fishes.
Found this image on the net, and wanted to share it with everyone. This is what i picture when I hear "WWII France".
Snapshot of an unidentified river and port in an unidentified city [believed to be Ostend] in Belgium during World War II. Photograph taken or collected by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed in Belgium with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army (undated) [Print is turning pink from chemical impurities].
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Cultybraggan in Perthshire was a WWII POW camp, holding Category A prisoners. It is remarkably well preserved having been used by the MoD up until 2004. The Nissen hut ends were originally wooden, being replaced by brick sometime later. Parts of the site have since been used by locals, including a series of garden allotments, various Nissen huts are being used for storage and one large hut is now a mushroom factory.
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown addresses attendees of Montgomery County ceremony honoring WWII veterans by Brian K. Slack at Silver Spring, MD
Distant snapshot of the former General Motors plant, taken from across the deck of a ship at sale on the river in Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. The plant was destroyed by shells, rockets, and buzz bombs, dropped by the Germans on the city. Photograph taken or collected by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed there with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army (undated).
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.