517 Europe Road Trip - August, 2009
Part 3 - Col De Braus, Le Muy and Draguignan, 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 6
Up to Col De Braus, looking for battle sites:
Le Muy:
Day 7
Ceremony at the Memorial du DeBarqement, and awarding of the French Legion of Honour to 517th veterans:
Day 7
Ceremony at Rhone American Cemetery in Draguignan. Note the gravesites for Henry Ciner (one of the first 517th soldiers KIA) and Elmer Andersen.
Parade through Le Muy. Thanks to J. Mickael Soldi and Eric Renoux of the Musee de la Liberation - Provence
with Gilles G.
Dinner at the cave (Restaurant Le Grotte in Trans-en-Provence):
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