I'm seriously annoyed. The local Normandy veterans Association had been denied support by the Government, to allow the local hero's a chance of going back to the beaches, possibly for the last time, that had cost them so much.
Going to show how fabulous the people of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire really are, the money came in, and the soldiers of D_Day could go back to France.
I conjunction with the Look North program, the hero's of France are back.
On top of this, the Government had made a complete mess of who would go to France on behalf of the British Peoples.
Although several statements come to mind, the polite version is "Idiots, Idiots, Idiots".
Anyway, the French Government have recognized these Men for the efforts they made on the morning of the 6th of June 1944 (and, of course the many months after).
What makes me even more "upset" (or is the term "proud") is the fact that most of those Soldiers that have survived don't see themselves for the hero's that i think they are. They always refer to those who died for King and Country as the hero's.
Take it from a youngster (born in the Sixties) - to me you are all hero's.
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