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  • Dr Who
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    1,388 posts since Aug '04
    • 15 Jun `08, 4:01PM
      Historians hope to save the few remaining trees after 150 were felled
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      Historians hope to save the few remaining trees after 150 were felled

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      The beech trees of Saint Pierre de Varengeville-Duclair forest bore a poignant testimony to the D-Day landings for more than six decades. Thousands of American soldiers stationed there after the liberation of Normandy spent their spare hours with a knife or bayonet creating a lasting reminder of their presence.

      Although the trees grew and the graffiti swelled and twisted, this most peculiar memory of one of the 20th century’s defining moments remained visible - until now. Amid bureaucratic indifference and a dispute between officials and the forest owner, most of the trees have been felled, chopped up and turned into paper.

      http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4124354.ece

      As usual, it's the French and their inferiority complex.....

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      Do we have old war graffiti or war relics left in Singapore? ( i mean those not in museums or cemetaries....)?

  • JJxJJ
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    5,570 posts since Mar '04
    • 15 Jun `08, 5:20PM

      one living souvenir got blown up when it was found underground in toa payoh last year or was it in 2006 if im not wrong teeth.png

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