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Article: DUNKIRK HEROES REUNITE FOR THE LAST TIME: Out with a bang not a whimper.. that's the true spirit of Dunkirk.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2000
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THEY marched away into history yesterday. Old soldiers who will not march again made their final farewell in the spirit known simply as "Dunkirk".
These men were part of the greatest evacuation in history, one described by Winston Churchill as "a miracle of deliverance".
They lived to fight again. And to win.
But now they fought emotion. Memories of those bloodied beaches. Of friends lying dead. Of bodies floating on the sea. Of screams and bombs. And of rescue.
They mustered early in this town's main square, unfurling their standards and ...