Sunday, December 16, 2007

Enduring courage and camaraderie

By the time I finished reading this article, my eyes were blurred with tears.





By Emma-Jane Kirby
BBC News, Paris and London


She told tales of camaraderie, of women from all walks of life thrown together in an alien country, tales of lonely Christmases singing French carols and desperately trying not to think of home.

There were apocalyptic accounts too of watching London burn, of courage in the Blitz and proud memories of moments on the number nine bus when a Londoner would notice her French uniform and lean over to say: "Vive La France!"

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