Posted on Jul 4, 2015
The Red Cross landing at Normandy... were you aware they did this?
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This is not a widely known photograph of the Normandy landing - the Red Cross coming to care for our wounded soldiers. Courage takes all forms.
Military History
American Red Cross
WWII World War Two
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Capt Seid Waddell - Captain; Not to disparage the good work that the Red Cross did in the least, but the first group didn't land in Normandy until mid-July 1944 "after it was safe" and the groups that did land were "clubmobile" people who served coffee and donuts rather than actually "treating the wounded".
It's a great picture, but it's also 99.99% likely to have been a posed "photo-op". People simply don't land in a "combat zone" wearing saddle shoes.
It's a great picture, but it's also 99.99% likely to have been a posed "photo-op". People simply don't land in a "combat zone" wearing saddle shoes.
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Capt Seid Waddell
COL Ted Mc, sir, I stand corrected. Thank you.
http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Red-Cross-Retrospective-Workers-Land-on-Normandy-Beach-1944
http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Red-Cross-Retrospective-Workers-Land-on-Normandy-Beach-1944
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