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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:57 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">German shell found in Normandy after D-Day as well as American shell fragments. Photo of great grandfather released as a POW to spy for Nazis. Photo also of squad in 1941 (French?).</p>

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1. Shell fragments 2. Bullet casing 3. Photos

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Anon

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Great Grandfather

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Shared at Skinners School, Kent on 15 September 2023.

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103562 | SKI021

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