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Scott Deederly
@PrairieIslander
Born on Vancouver Island & raised on the Prairies. I am who I am & these observations, retweets & thoughts are my own, mainly Space, History, Ships & Stuff...
Jun 9, 2021 • 72 tweets • 23 min read
On the evenings of June 8th my thoughts drift to Normandy in 1944 where D Company Regina Rifles were holding a walled farm, la ferme de Cardonville, 10km west of Caen. They were there to defend the DDay Beaches, and that night as expected the 12th SS came cbc.ca/amp/1.778774 ImageImageImageImage Captain Gordon Brown had just been promoted D Company commander earlier in the day as most of the company’s officers had been injured or killed either on D-Day or in the drive inland to the Oak Line - The Regina Rifles final objective & the planned Canadian defensive line... ImageImageImageImage