Graffiti from D-Day
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Historians hope to save the few remaining trees after 150 were felled
<!-- fCreateImageBrowser(nSelectedArticleImage,'portrait',"/tol/"); //-->The beech trees of Saint Pierre de Varengeville-Duclair forest bore a poignant testimony to the D-Day landings for more than six decades. Thousands of American soldiers stationed there after the liberation of Normandy spent their spare hours with a knife or bayonet creating a lasting reminder of their presence.
Although the trees grew and the graffiti swelled and twisted, this most peculiar memory of one of the 20th century’s defining moments remained visible - until now. Amid bureaucratic indifference and a dispute between officials and the forest owner, most of the trees have been felled, chopped up and turned into paper.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4124354.ece
As usual, it's the French and their inferiority complex.....
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Do we have old war graffiti or war relics left in Singapore? ( i mean those not in museums or cemetaries....)?
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one living souvenir got blown up when it was found underground in toa payoh last year or was it in 2006 if im not wrong
