My father stashed his war memorabilia in a wooden box a long time ago. After his death, my mother gave the box to me. It remained unopened until I planned a trip to Normandy.
The Normandy beaches are a three-hour train ride from the Gare du Nord in Paris. Memorials to war and war heroes are scattered throughout the 100-kilometre stretch, most of them well known. But a memorial not listed in my guidebooks yielded an unexpected surprise.
The Normandy town of Bayeux was the first city in France to be liberated during the Second World War. The town’s claim to fame …read more
Source: Montreal Gazette
