spit

I have this, I don’t know if any of the spits fit the bill, I got these off a friend
so I don’t know about copyright.

First post

What wonderfull first post Margaret and welcome, you will find this is thee place to come for info on service personnel in WW2.

marines

If this was the event in the late 70’s it was the Marines fm Bulwark 😀

navy, marines, just blokes in boats.

task

Task Force? A flotilla of rowing boats is probably all we could muster.

Well if it’s the navy they will probably get lost like they did the last time and end up in Spain:D

Jeep

I bought a picture years ago of a Halifax loading a jeep. Will see if i can find it tonight.

,

Is this the one, the Halifax was used to drop jeeps, a gun and sas troops just before D-Day and the days after according to “Halifax second to none”

war

Don’t get me wrong; I’m realistic about war and know that no convention would be followed to-the-letter (and it could only be self-policed by those in conflict with each-other anyway) but I think it goes against human-nature for even soldiers to want to kill in cold-blood.

Thats a good point, what Peterson saw and did that day must have happened
a thousand times throughout the war, but for every act of murder by pilots,
ground troops or navy on every side was far outweighed by acts of mercy
and compassion. I do wonder though how many old men went to the grave riddled with guilt and regret knowing that something they did at that time was so wrong.

bike

I’d say Matchless myself.