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Call Sign : G1DBS - F4WEY Posts : 238 Times Thanked : 18 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Montreuil sur Mer Equipment Used : XIEGU G90 + XIEGU XPA125B
Subject: Operation Dragoon - 15th August 1944. Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:03 pm
Pleased to make contact with this special event station marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Le Muy.
Also special for my husband, Alex, who's father dropped by parachute in the first wave.
Deb
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 6277 Times Thanked : 389 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Operation Dragoon - 15th August 1944. Fri Aug 16, 2024 4:32 am
Always great to catch a special event station Deb especially anything close to heart and I thank the people that get involved to run such operations let alone all those that call in to make them successful.
Great posting. Thanks.
All the best, Victor
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1318 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: Operation Dragoon - 15th August 1944. Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:03 pm
Got the special event station in the log this morning on 17m CW. No connected claims to fame in my family, one grand father was a US service man, and the other I don't believe fought in any way being out in Uganda at that time. Happy for you that you've got a meaningful connection with the special call.
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Call Sign : G1DBS - F4WEY Posts : 238 Times Thanked : 18 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Montreuil sur Mer Equipment Used : XIEGU G90 + XIEGU XPA125B
Subject: Re: Operation Dragoon - 15th August 1944. Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:33 pm
Thank you both for your kind words.
We should have been there for the 80th anniversary, but family being here until the 14th, and Alex being unwell, meant we had to miss it.
Alexander senior was awarded the Legion d'honneur in 2010 presented in London by President Sarkozy.
Sadly, he passed away in October 2020.
Alexander Sutton - Operation Dragoon
Deb
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4597 Times Thanked : 166 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Operation Dragoon - 15th August 1944. Sat Aug 17, 2024 10:31 pm
Hi Deb,
Good to catch a special event station with a poignant meaning.
My grandparents all went through the war. My grandmother's first husband died on a Japanese prisoner of war ship that was unfortunately sunk my the US. My dad was able to put flowers on his grave on a business trip to Singapore. Her second husband and my grandfather was a regular when the war started and was in Egypt and France.
My dad's father was ground crew around London at RAF bases. He would fuel and arm the fighters before a scramble. His main job, would you believe, was to do with radio.
To my lasting regret, I always wished I had spoken more to them about their experiences in the war. The popular narrative at the time was of old timers boring everyone about the war.... but, all my grandparents were reluctant to talk about their experiences, as they simply wanted to forget them. Who can blame them?!
73s John.
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