A terrible train accident of January 17th,1945
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Many American soldiers died accidentally several hundreds in a terrible accident of train has St Valery en Caux on january 17th , 1945 . 38 victims of this accident its buried in Colleville sur Mer cemetery . A friend who is guide interpret in the cemetery of colleville told me the story that him even had learnt of a vertérans .

The men had left the doors of cars ouvertent to put their legs in the exterieur .

when the train had the accident . Doors closed . There had been horrible wounds ..

 

Véronique

 

http://www.skylighters.org/special/cigcamps/cmplstrk.html

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