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bmw2002e3


ST MARY'S, ONT

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Hey guys. Well, for those close enough, Fleetwood country cruisein is upon us. 

 

I can't wait. Some of you remember my post from last year, I met a WWII vet. Long story short, the gentleman fought all over europe and helped to liberate holland. His stories matched up

pretty well with my mom's stories of liberation  in Holland. It was emotional, I thanked him on behalf of all our family etc. blah blah blah. :)

 

Well, He said he intended on coming back this year, so, If you see this gentleman with an old restored WWII ford welding truck at the show.

 

I have no idea if he'll attend, but if he does...

Walk up to him.

 

Shake his hand.

 

And thank him.

 

This saturday is the 71st anniversary of D-Day.

 

Have fun. :)  And no, my 1949 dodge isnt' going to be there. I have had bigger fish to fry.

 

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will


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We will for sure look for him.


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Fast Elvis


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This Vet lives across the street from a friend ....great guy...fought in Africa in the second world war.....check out that restored army welding truck...the welder is powered by a flathead motor....very cool stuff......and a very cool guy deserving of our respect for his service..

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not sure if it is him or not but there used to be a guy around London with a rig like that.

He did welding for us on a school Reno job in 1973.

The name of the guy I'm  thinking about is Tommy Allen.

I think he had a shop full of those old trucks and Jaguar cars.

TMJ



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my dad was in holland with the royal canadian artillery for the liberation. he said the dutch folks treated the boys like family and he had happy memories of his time with the people there after the pure hell of the previous 4 years. dad would loved to have gone back for an anniversary celebration but never got the chance and passed away in 1992.



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I ended up in Sudbury as I have an unchle 94years young flew a bomber from London England to Germany think he said 4 years I have always had a lot of respect for him sad to see he is on his way out.

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Fast Elvis wrote:

This Vet lives across the street from a friend ....great guy...fought in Africa in the second world war.....check out that restored army welding truck...the welder is powered by a flathead motor....very cool stuff......and a very cool guy deserving of our respect for his service..

 Pretty awesome guy indeed. He let me crawl all over that truck and told me all about it. Love that flathead power in the back. Didn't know he was local. :)



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