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Pyrenees hikers remember WWII escapees... - haikuman - 11-13-2011

This article seemed to appear at a good time as we remember Veterans. :priate:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15690262

Every year, hikers trek the "Chemin de la Liberte" in the Pyrenees, to commemorate the 800 or so Allied airmen and Jewish refugees who risked their lives on a 60km (40 miles) route escaping Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

"The good escaper," says a 1944 British military document called Tips for Escapers and Evaders, "is the man who keeps himself fit, cheerful and comfortable.

"He is not a 'he-man' who boasts about his capacity to endure discomfort. He should be a man with sound common sense and above all a man of great determination."


Re: Pyrenees hikers remember WWII escapees... - N-OS X-tasy! - 11-13-2011