DDAYNormandy1944 Posted February 9, 2023 Share #1 Posted February 9, 2023 Dear forum members, Hi, I am Frank C. Everards from the Netherlands. I went to Normandy back in 1999 and there something grabbed me. It stayed with me so I decided I needed to do something. I wanted to tell the stories of those who had lived through this ordeal and the stories of those that got left behind but whom we will always remember. So I started collecting email addresses of veterans and I wrote them an email in which I asked for their stories. The result now is over 250 WW2 veteran stories of all sides and a global coverage of the whole of WW2 including Battles, Holocaust, Concentration camps and much more all to be found on my website https://www.normandy1944.info I recently completely rebuilt my entire website and a good friend of mine (thank you mate!) is helping me collect patches as I wanted to pay them the proper respect they deserve by showing only 100% original WW2 patches. That is in a nutshell my story, it is an honor and a privilege to be part of this forum! Looking forward getting to know all of you. Have a great day! Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Picker Posted February 9, 2023 Share #2 Posted February 9, 2023 Hello Frank, Welcome aboard the forum and looking forward to your insights on Normandy which happens to be one of my favorite subjects. Prep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted February 9, 2023 Share #3 Posted February 9, 2023 Welcome aboard Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDAYNormandy1944 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted February 9, 2023 4 hours ago, SARGE said: Welcome aboard Frank. Thank you Sarge! Looking forward to the forum very much! Frank 4 hours ago, Preppy Picker said: Hello Frank, Welcome aboard the forum and looking forward to your insights on Normandy which happens to be one of my favorite subjects. Prep Hi Prep, please keep in mind I am just a guy who made a website. Way better historians out there than me. I just try to gather the info and put it online really. I am sure I can learn from you way more than the other way around! 😀 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted February 9, 2023 Share #5 Posted February 9, 2023 Welcome to the WMF, Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted February 9, 2023 Share #6 Posted February 9, 2023 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Picker Posted February 9, 2023 Share #7 Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, DDAYNormandy1944 said: Thank you Sarge! Looking forward to the forum very much! Frank Hi Prep, please keep in mind I am just a guy who made a website. Way better historians out there than me. I just try to gather the info and put it online really. I am sure I can learn from you way more than the other way around! 😀 Frank Au contraire you are there and I am here, you are much closer. Where have you visited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 10, 2023 Share #8 Posted February 10, 2023 Welcome aboard. Are you a member of our sister forum, USMF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 10, 2023 Share #9 Posted February 10, 2023 Welcome to the WMF. Nice to see you here too. mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDAYNormandy1944 Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share #10 Posted February 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Brig said: Welcome aboard. Are you a member of our sister forum, USMF? Yes I am Brig Thank you! 4 hours ago, mikie said: Welcome to the WMF. Nice to see you here too. mikie Thank you Mikie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDAYNormandy1944 Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted February 12, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 8:24 PM, Proud Kraut said: Welcome to the WMF, Frank! Thank you Proud Kraut! On 2/9/2023 at 8:27 PM, Scarecrow said: Welcome! Thank you so much Scarecrow! On 2/10/2023 at 2:58 AM, Brig said: Welcome aboard. Are you a member of our sister forum, USMF? Yes I am Brig! :) On 2/9/2023 at 10:36 PM, Preppy Picker said: Au contraire you are there and I am here, you are much closer. Where have you visited? I have been to Normandy 10 times I think, starting in 1999 I believe for the first time. There something stuck to me. I visited from the Pegasus Bridge to Cherbourg and every village in between. Walked every beach and visited every church even the less know ones. I lived in Switzerland for 4 years and then 8 years in Belgium so I can speak French and that helps a lot too. Met some amazing French people who know everything about Normandy, those are the real historians! I wanted to hear the stories of the men and women who were part of this. I met so many veterans there but this is not about me this is about them. I see a lot of people everywhere trying to get into the picture themselves and/or make money from this. I did not want that. I just wanted to build a website free for all and with no adds on it what so ever. Just a part of history online really. It just takes a bit of time to build the website and gather the information etc etc. And then the rest of the war came into view. So I started to visit concentration camps, Aktion T4 locations and other POI. Visited Berlin like 6 times in the last few years. So many areas in Europe that still echo the past era of WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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