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The search for a soldier without a name (part 5)-the mystery.

Posted on November 5, 2013 by

The shell came in low and straight, eight hundred metres a second and closing. It sped over the beach cutting between the loose formations of soldiers and slammed into its target-a Sherman tank. The explosion shredded the tank’s track, leaving … Continue reading →

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The search for a soldier without a name (part 4)-what a picture tells

Posted on October 21, 2013 by

I almost missed it. At the time, Nelson Mandela was in hospital, and we in the media were expecting the worst. So an anniversary slipped by without me noting it. On June 26, eighty years ago a camera caught the … Continue reading →

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