Post by L Roebuck on Dec 1, 2008 8:26:35 GMT -5
When the skies fell, earth was their shelter
By John Leicester
As Allied bombs were dropped on Caen, France, thousands of residents hid in nearby caves, for days or sometimes weeks. Decades later, their haven is an eerie time capsule.
CAEN, France — The memories are 64 years old but retold with the clarity of yesterday: a young boy lowered by rope into a deep, dark cave, watching the sky above shrink to a small and distant patch of blue.
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By John Leicester
As Allied bombs were dropped on Caen, France, thousands of residents hid in nearby caves, for days or sometimes weeks. Decades later, their haven is an eerie time capsule.
CAEN, France — The memories are 64 years old but retold with the clarity of yesterday: a young boy lowered by rope into a deep, dark cave, watching the sky above shrink to a small and distant patch of blue.
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