At Utah Beach on 6 June, 2001, two legendary figures met again for the first time since 1945. Historian Jake Powers was aware this moment was coming, and he was on the spot with his camera when Dick Winters (left), and Ronald 'Sparky'Speirs shared their first moments reunited. Knowing the life and death situations they often faced, we can only marvel at what thoughts and emotions must have surged through them at this meeting. texag57

Band of Brothers

Workers re-opening the Choet stone quarry on Guernsey a few years back got an unwelcome (indeed, potentially spectacularly fatal) surprise when they unearthed these - part of a large cache of decaying WW2 German "S" antipersonnel mines.  It emerged that the mines had been dumped in the abandoned quarry following clearance of large German minefield on the island in 1946.  Fortunately, the mines were safely removed and dumped in the sea.  How the fish felt about receiving a present of several hundred deadly shrapnel mines is not recorded ... Best regards, JR.

Quarrying mines ...

From the Sun.
Tony Eagles recalled a bid to keep up morale: &quot;Drum Major Philip Buss came for my bugle. I would gladly have played myself but Farrar-Hockley insisted. He stood up and blew every call in the British Army except Retreat.&quot;