Folks, yesterday, 06 Jun 24, was the 80th anniversary of Normandy Landings, one of the most significant operations of World War 2. Many in Europe & US regard it as the final decisive point of the long war & a seminal moment in world history. Several parts of the world were commemorating this event yesterday, while India's attention, understandably, was elsewhere. Many years ago, on Normandy Day 2007, I had the fantastic experience of meeting a Normandy Hero, in the Normandy Section, of the @I_W_M (Imperial War Musuem, London). This is the story of that encounter. Do read in the link below. Rgds. 👇🏻 tinyurl.com/4wd7bvve Two Post Scripts may be interesting, after reading the article 👇🏻 A. Few years after this, in 2013, I commanded the Indian Navy's Landing Platform Dock (LPD) INS Jalashwa which also carried smaller Landing Craft within, the sort that the hero here is embarked on. After that Command experience, I was able to relate to the Normandy action even better. B. On my return, I told about my encounter to the venerable legend of our Navy, #VAdmMPAwati. He thought for a while, scratched his beard & gave me a talk on the history of the Benbow family. Whether our hero belonged to that family, I don't know but I kept marveling at Awati's knowledge. @navalhistorian @NickHewitt4 @GheeBowman @Franksquarerig @shetlerjones @PhilipKAllan @IanGray94742199 @theUdayB @TheBrownBeagle @zwerubae @MHSofIndia @abhilashtomy @Urmimala_A @DaganLauren @RupakChatto @EmergingRoy @SanjoyRoyTWA @Cmde_GPrakash @iProbal @VishnuNDTV @_ShivaniSD @gauripokhariyal @Bengaluruhudugi @ArunKrishnan_ @Arun_Golaya @w_karve @AmritaNarlikar @girish_luthra @AjendraBs @subnut @shekhar19541 @Aryan_warlord @CovertShores @Nimitiwari @zeedee93 @sandipanthedeb @SandeepUnnithan @zone5aviation @HistoryandMoore @L_Historienne