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Zed
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Posted: September 01 2020 at 12:43pm |
I bought this book direct from the author last year; while visiting the Pegasus Bridge museum in June.
But only got around to reading it this holiday. What can I say about this book! It is possibly the best personal history I've ever read about WWII. It is the story of one mans life; centred around his WWII service and D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. Written by his son, R.J. Slaughter. It took 6 years of research for him to write the book; and it shows in the quality of the history and the writing.
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It sounds interesting, do you know if there is a digital version for kindle?
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Zed
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I don't know if exists on media such as kindle etc.
my copy is currently with a friend; but I will post the ISBN number when I get it back.
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Zed
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Well I'd forgotten that I'd lent this out when I wrote the thread.
Here's the numbers:
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That's funny (peculiar) We have a little local museum here & the entrance road is a distinct sub type of bascule bridge, the "Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge" or "rolling bridge". Bridges of this type do not pivot about a hinge
point, but roll back on curved tread plates attached to the girders of
the main span. This design allows a greater clearance of the waterway
for a given opening angle. bridge, only the second one I've ever seen! They were dubious when I said I'd seen the other one in Normandie. |
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Very cool!
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Sham;
If you waNT TO SEE MORE OF THOSE BRIDGES,C'MON UP HERE. Welland canal (highway H2o has quite a few. Starting by my place Bridge 1-lock 1, then bridge 3 - lock 2, & so on. bridge 5 is a railway bridge in that style. |
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Shamu
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Wow! I was really surprised to see this where it was. Maybe its like traffic circles, some places have them, some not.
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I love roundabouts and so does my wife.
They should build more.
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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