517 Europe Road Trip - August, 2009
Part 2 - Sospel, France
Here are some pictures of the trip to Belgium and France in August 2009, with
Ben Barrett, Lud Gibbons, Gene Frice, Merle McMorrow,
Allan Johnson, Leo Dean, Tom Copsey, Nancy Armand Fraser, Jeanie Davis and families.
Soon, we'll write a better "After Action Report" with only the highlights, but
for now, here's a raw dump of a lot of photos.
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Day 4
Entering Sospel:
Reception at Patricia and Roland Orengo's house:
Sospel at night:
Day 5
Group tour of medieval Sospel:
Stop for recognition of the 517th at le Pont de la Liberation:
Reception by the maire (Mayor) of Sospel, and awarding of the town's Gold Medal to the vets:
Visit to a underground bunker on top of mount Agaisen:
Visiting and reception at the Golf Hotel (former Battalion HQ):
Part 3 - Col de Braus and Le Muy, France
Part 4 - Le Muy (from Gilles G)
Part 4a - more from Le Muy (from Philippe Cornier)
Part 5- Fayence, Callian, Montauroux, France (from Gilles G)
Part 6 - St. Cezaire (from Gilles G)
received August 2009
from the Barretts