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Post by Brian Roebuck on Feb 1, 2009 8:03:26 GMT -5
Caen caves tell story of survival during WWII Civilians took shelter while Nazis, Allies slugged it out By JOHN LEICESTER The Associated Press CAEN, France Sun. Feb 1 - 7:03 AM 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. That hole was home for a month for Gerard Mangnan, his family and dozens of others. And it likely saved their lives. While they huddled underground, Allied and Nazi troops above were waging one of the toughest battles of the D-Day invasion. thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/1104122.html
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