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kpete

(71,986 posts) Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:43 AM Jun 2014

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British WW II Vet Gone Missing From Nursing Home --Turns Up In France Wearing His Medals

A British World War II veteran who had gone missing from his nursing home in England on Thursday night turned up in France on the beaches of Normandy, wearing his medals, for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on Friday. Bernard Jordan, 89, took a bus to France on Thursday night so he could attend the commemorations after his nursing home was unable to get him on an accredited tour with the Royal British Legion. "Hope our veteran enjoyed Normandy #DDay70. Short notice meant the Home couldn't get him a tour so he surprised everyone by making his own way," tweeted Nev Kemp, the police chief for the city of Brighton and Hove.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/262156811.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CTBrand

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British WW II Vet Gone Missing From Nursing Home --Turns Up In France Wearing His Medals (Original Post) kpete Jun 2014 OP

Gotta be first donco Jun 2014 #1

He was reliving the secrecy of the D-Day invasion. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #2

donco

(1,548 posts)

1. Gotta be first

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:51 AM

Jun 2014

AWOL from a nursing home.Desertion?

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

2. He was reliving the secrecy of the D-Day invasion.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:52 AM

Jun 2014

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

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