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Styer and Storch .....
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Post #5059 "All right ye little blighter, come out of there !"
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Classical architecture ..
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Operation Totalize ... Canadians jumping off for Falaise in Kangaroos ...
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On to Falaise ... Operation Totalize
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Old Wizard
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Meanwhile in the east .....
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Missing Russia ........ not
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... same targets
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Taking prisoners at St Lambert, blocking Falaise, Maj. Currie wins the VC for his hold of St. Lambert [Currie, pistol in hand, left-of-frame talking to civilian]
".. Over the next two days, outnumbered and isolated Canadians waged war against a desperate enemy. It was David Currie, the thirty-two year old commander of the South Alberta Regiment, who made the difference. With all his officers either killed or wounded, Currie popped up all along the Canadian line, shouting encouragement to his thinning ranks and directing the fire of his few remaining guns. He even single-handedly knocked out one of the giant German Tiger tanks. "We knew at one stage that it was going to be a fight to the finish", one of Currie's men later recalled, "but he was so cool about it, it was impossible for us to get excited."
When it was all over, Currie and his tiny band of soldiers had destroyed seven enemy tanks, 12 of the fearsome 88's, 40 vehicles, and had killed, wounded, or captured almost 2,000 Germans.For his "courage and complete disregard for personal safety ...his conspicuous bravery and extreme devotion to duty", Major David Currie was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the British Commonwealth..."
".. Over the next two days, outnumbered and isolated Canadians waged war against a desperate enemy. It was David Currie, the thirty-two year old commander of the South Alberta Regiment, who made the difference. With all his officers either killed or wounded, Currie popped up all along the Canadian line, shouting encouragement to his thinning ranks and directing the fire of his few remaining guns. He even single-handedly knocked out one of the giant German Tiger tanks. "We knew at one stage that it was going to be a fight to the finish", one of Currie's men later recalled, "but he was so cool about it, it was impossible for us to get excited."
When it was all over, Currie and his tiny band of soldiers had destroyed seven enemy tanks, 12 of the fearsome 88's, 40 vehicles, and had killed, wounded, or captured almost 2,000 Germans.For his "courage and complete disregard for personal safety ...his conspicuous bravery and extreme devotion to duty", Major David Currie was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the British Commonwealth..."
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