Yes, I remember those two shots below. I'm sure the stories are
extraordinarily interesting. My father's stories are not quite so
graphic. They put up 100% of their fighter aircraft on D-Day which won
them a presidential unit citation but it was pretty difficult to see
what was going on at Omaha beach from what is now RAF Honington.
Chuck Norcutt
GeeBee wrote:
> Chuck, Michael,
>
> The guy in the shot is George Hooton. He is 81 years old and can walk me to
> a standstill. During quiet moments in the English countryside he often says
> that the scenes laid out before us are part of what he was fighting for
> during WWII. His reminiscences, spoken in a very matter of fact way, chill
> me to the bone. Trying to pick up survivors in arctic waters knowing that
> those in the water only had minutes to live before the cold killed them. The
> impossibility of trying to pull survivors out of the water when they were
> often covered in oil from the ship that sank under them. The cries of
> "Please don't leave me!" ringing in his ears as his own ship (HMS Savage)
> had to address other priorities. The unbelievable number of bodies in the
> water at the Omaha beach landing where HMS Savage provided covering fire.
> His acknowledgement, obvious but unfashionable here in the UK, that we
> would have been lost without the Americans. Sorry I'm rambling...
>
> His picture is below for any that may have missed the original posting:
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06060.htm
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06061.htm
>
>
> --Graham
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Collins" <l43g20th@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:44 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: #204
>
>
>
>>On 10/17/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>...
>>> Why, I'm beside myself. And I can't even take a picture of myself
>>>from beside myself let alone behind myself. Did I say that right?
>>
>>You're obviously missing Joy, as an assistant...
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
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