{"id":4619,"date":"2015-06-06T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattbristow.net\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2015-06-06T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T16:41:18","slug":"d-day-landings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattbristow.net\/index.php\/d-day-landings\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Day Landings – 71 Years on"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings<\/strong> but I was not sure what picture to use. A bit of thought and for me the choice was obvious. A couple of weeks ago I was on a press<\/a> job covering the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo<\/strong>\u00a0in Ramsgate<\/strong>. Where a fleet of small boats crossed the channel to rescue stranded allied troops from northern France.<\/p>\n

During the event there was a fly past of a Spitfire and a Hurricane<\/strong>. Right in front of my was somebody with a huge Union Flag<\/strong>, the frame made itself definitely a case of of right place, right time.<\/p>\n

I had originally thought it was the spitfire, but I was later corrected by a Anorak<\/del> friend. It is of course the Hurricane.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A fly past by a Spitfire and Hurricane completed the send off. Operation Dynamo 75th anniversary. A selection of ships leave Ramsgate harbour and sail to Dunkirk accompanied by the Royal Navy and RNLI to mark the occasion.<\/p><\/div>\n

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<\/em>
\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<\/em>
\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning,<\/em>
\nWe will remember them.<\/em><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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