R.I.P.
dadsgirl
Active member
Anthony Gannarelli 102 Pearl Harbor survivor
Frank Levingston 110 Oldest known US WWII Vet
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
René Rossey, who has died aged 89, was one of the last surviving French marine commandos who stormed ashore on Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day to initiate the liberation of their homeland.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/21/ren-rossey-french-commando--obituary/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/21/ren-rossey-french-commando--obituary/
Tibor Rubin 86 Medal of Honor http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/u...-honor-was-delayed-by-anti-semitism.html?_r=0
Robert Timburg 76 Marine & Author https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7917f4b2-6863-3f76-b8b3-f34c15806490/ss_robert-timberg,-marine-and.html
Bob Hoover 94 Flyer http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/25/news/bob-hoover-obit/index.html
Albert Brown 105 oldest Bataan Death March survivor http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/oldest-survivor-bataan-death-march-dies-105.html
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
Adolf Burger, believed to be the last surviving concentration camp prisoner forced to make counterfeit pound notes in a Nazi plan to undermine Britain’s economy, died on Tuesday, December 6th at his home in Prague. He was 99.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/world/europe/adolf-burger-dies.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/world/europe/adolf-burger-dies.html?_r=0
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
13 December 2016
Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat a pilot who helped to sink the Bismarck during the Second World War has died at the age of 97.
Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat was credited with launching the torpedo that crippled the German warship in 1941.
The death of the Scottish veteran has been announced by the Royal Navy.
Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat a pilot who helped to sink the Bismarck during the Second World War has died at the age of 97.
Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat was credited with launching the torpedo that crippled the German warship in 1941.
The death of the Scottish veteran has been announced by the Royal Navy.
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
Clare Hollingworth, who died Jan. 10 in Hong Kong at the age of 105, broke the story of World War II two days before it began.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/10/clare-hollingworth-obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/10/clare-hollingworth-obituary
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
She had more guts then I've got.
A strange fact:-
British photographers during WW2 were given Sergeant rank status, Journalists were given Officer status.
A strange fact:-
British photographers during WW2 were given Sergeant rank status, Journalists were given Officer status.