Thank you to the ABMC staff for allowing three of our veterans on tour with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours take part in the lowering of the flag and folding today at the Netherlands American Cemetery.
The first afternoon stop with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours was the visit and talk through the attack by Easy Company at ‘The Crossroads’….
Erik had bought along with him a map that Richard Winters had marked up showing the attack route and withdrawal, a nice…
A great first day for The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours as we start to follow in the footsteps of Easy Company. After lunch in Royal Windsor we hit the ground by heading to Aldbourne.
We started at the church and what life was like for those who were part of the…
Good morning from Sword beach as we disembark and head around to the US Airborne sector with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours
Super day yesterday with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours as we looked at the build up to D-Day in Hampshire. From Creech Woods to Sharpener Woods where General Eisenhower was camped. We visited the embarkation hardway at Gosport and talked on what it was for those…
Great fun bumping into legends like WW2TV Paul Woodadge , We Happy Few 506 , The Gettysburg Museum Of History and Ben Mayne - all at Angoville-au-Plain this morning, and listening to Matthew’s funny stories
Yesterday, our first day on the ground with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours Easy Company Legacy Tour. We visited some very poignant places linked to the Band of Brothers and got to see many unique artefacts from the men as well.
The highlight for many was being…
Day 7 with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours as we looked at the two drop zones and some of the objectives for the US 101st Airborne Division north of Eindhoven including the bridges as Best & Son.
Today The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours we bought our Op Market Garden focus to a conclusion with a fitting end to today before moving down into the Ardennes ready to look at Easy Company actions in Bastogne….
A fitting end and location to the day with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours after an afternoon of looking at locations around the Island linked to Easy Company.
A visit to Nunen with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours following in the footsteps of Easy Company and the tank tracks of 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
It was great to be with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 at the D-Day Experience yesterday. A memorial plaque was unveiled to Sgt Floyd Talbert.
On the The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours we have several close friends of Bradford Freeman. They had never visited here before. Freeman took part in Operation Pegasus 1 on the 22-23 October 1944. We visited the area of where the British Airborne men were extracted to…
Yesterday with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours we looked at the battles around Carentan. From Purple Heart Lane to walking through Easy Companys attack on Carentan from the west. The group also got to hear lots of stories on Easy Company veterans plus others from…
Today with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours we visited Omaha area, Point du Hoc and finally the area of actions for the British 6th Airborne Division.
Was a pleasant surprise today to see the fence has ben returned to around the memorial.
Great few days on the ground in Normandy with The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours
Really positive interactions with other guides and tour operators as well this week, their is room for us all. Seeing fellow guides out and about such as Allied Victory Tours WW2TV Paul Woodadge and Gerard with…
Ben Mayne The Gettysburg Museum Of History We Happy Few 506 Leger Battlefield Tours Although not really close to Carentan but an off the beaten path place to go.