![]() I remember seeing them in Holland when they flew over as the British seemed to fly by daylight :endangering their lives more than night flyers. To day is a big VETERANS' DAY CELEBRATION: I read about the millions of poppies dropped on the crowd by WW2 vintage airplanes and the marching of veterans and fly over of WW2 planes: the Flying Fortresses. I know you are a friend of Peter who helped me a lot and that you recently went back to Italy to remember your fallen comrades. Hello RON, You don't know me unless you read some of the stories I wrote under the name"Odyssey": I was a nurse in occupied Holland. Message 3 - VE Day Posted on: 10 July 2005 by ODYSSEY ![]() © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. I still have a video of the program that was shown during the ITV news and a photo that I took of myself as it was shown on the screen. I, with a few other veterans, was invited down to the Imperial War Museum, stood in front of a Sherman Tank and interviewed on what it felt like to be listening to the crowds in Trafalgar Square whilst I was still so far from home. In May 1995 one of my local papers asked their readers to send in stories relating to 'Where were you on VE Day?' I sent in my small story and as a result of this being published I was contacted by London News Network who were doing a run up to the VE Day Commemoration programs. On the other hand I, and in hindsight, I'm sure most of my comrades, felt somehow cheated that we, who had 'risked life and limb' and had been away from home for so many years, were not there in England to share in the triumph. On the one hand it was good to feel that perhaps some of my loved ones back home were taking part in the scenes that were now taking place. ![]() I remember quite clearly that my emotions at the time were mixed. The crackle of the headphones soon drew a small crowd around the tank and we all listened in amazement to an unknown announcer describing the scene in Trafalgar Square. I tuned in my 19 set to the Home Forces station and for the benefit of those outside the tank, hung all the earphones over the side of the hull. There we were, in this field in the middle of nowhere, when someone on another tank called out, 'They're going mad back home, get the BBC on your set or you'll miss all the fun.' Filling up with petrol while Hewie has a day in Venice. ![]()
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