Eyewitness Museum Beek
Joey van MeesenMuseums, Veterans1 comment

August Segel That’s the name of the German Fallschirmjäger you’re following at the Eyewitness Museum in Beek. He was a soldier in the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment, that later transfered into the Hermann Göring Division. August served on almost all big fronts of World War 2. He invaded The Netherlands in 1940. He fought on the Eastern Front and […]

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The Longest Day
Joey van MeesenNormandy D-Day Trip, Veterans, WW2 Battlefield TripsNo comments

That’s what it really was for me on June 6th 2014. The plan was to drive from The Netherlands to Normandy in the night of June 5th and 6th. We would take a big nap before we started our journey. That big nap turned into a very small one. Nevertheless, I picked up my dad […]

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