Townsend Griffiss, forgotten hero of World War II

[HouseHobbit]

A Great article..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17011105

[Naismith]

Very interesting, good find.

[edmoore235]

Thank you - a good read. Take care.

Ed

[Taco]

Thanks, good read. Just wondering how many stories like this are out there. Sure would be nice to hear them since our vets. of WWII are leaving us very fast.

[beana51]

Yes Thank you!...The stories of WAR are all around us....here in that other Great war..WW!,,this time capsule was recently discovered...
The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html

[HouseHobbit]

Yes Thank you!...The stories of WAR are all around us....here in that other Great war..WW!,,this time capsule was recently discovered...
The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html


WOW!! This is amazing also..
Thanks very much..