The Valiant Ghosts of Lonlay l'Abbaye
"... At one point, two men from Lonlay l'Abbaye, Alexander Gueston and Rene Leray, bravely led the two soldiers with a group of French citizens who were also evading the Germans. Sgt. Porter was helping to carry a baby. Germans were approaching, so they had to hide. Sgt. Porter hid in a ditch under a bush near the road with the baby. Had the baby cried, that would have meant discovery and perhaps imminent death. You can read the relief in the report as Kalbfleisch writes "the baby never made a whimper." ..."
www.atinyhouseinnormandy.com  
Laurent Laloup le mercredi 10 octobre 2018 Contribution au livre ouvert de Yvette Denise Marie Dubocq |