11-13-2011, 01:49 PM
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."
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."
