GREAT story! Thanks for sharing it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:25 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/AMS-to-CDG/AMS-to-CDG-2018/i-3hhcBqQ/A > > (K-5, DA 17-70) > > Historical note: > > The current cathedral was finished in 1220, and apart from some damage > during the French Revolution (which the townsfolk stopped) has stood intact > since. > > In World War II, the cathedral escaped bomb damage by chance (the stained > glass had been removed and stored elsewhere), but in August 1944 a company > of American troops was ordered to destroy it, based on information that the > Nazi army was still there. A colonel (Wellborn Griffith) and his driver > motored over to the cathedral alone, searched it from the crypt to the tops > of the towers, found no enemy, and refused the order to destroy it. The > town was captured peacefully. Col. Griffith was killed in action later the > same day 3.5 km away, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the > Silver Star, and the French Croix de Guerre and Legion d’Honneur > posthumously. > > Rick > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
