As Allied troops liberate France, stories of French resistance are coming to light.
Two French-speaking GIs recently visited a farm on the Normandy coast. They saw a huge wine barrel in the corner of the barn. Thirsty, they asked:
“Is there any wine in that barrel?”
“It does not contain wine,” answered the Frenchman. “Look for yourselves.”
The GIs did, and found a small radio tucked away in the far end.
“The Nazis said that listening to the radio was ‘verboten,'” the Frenchman explained, “but I had to listen to the news of my country’s fight for liberty.”
OLD HANDS IN THE BUSINESS
The experts say it’s a young man’s war, but when the Allies invade Hitler’s Europe the Army will depend, among others, on a gang of middle-aged, weather-beaten, heavy-construction veterans, like 52-year-old M/Sgt. Felix MacDonald, to repair the harbors that the Germans may destroy