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Remembrance Week This year, my wife and myself, together with with my friend and his wife, spent a memorable, although often poignant week of remembrance, visiting related sites both in England and France. We started with a visit to Fort Nelson to see the ‘For Your Tomorrow’, display created by Standing with Giants. A moving tribute of the 1,475 servicemen under British Command who gave their lives on D-Day. https://lnkd.in/eCbw3fJq We had an early start the following day, travelling to Caen by Ferry, and after a pleasant night in Tours, we traveled down to St. Leger. Here our old friend and his girlfriend, made us and his other guests very welcome. On the 11th we attended the remembrance ceremony at the memorial in St Leger, where the mayor and the residents made us very welcome. The following day we traveled to Bayeux and prior to checking into our hotel for the night, we visited the World War Two Bayeux British and Commonwealth war cemetery, where there are over 4500 servicemen buried. The following day we traveled to La Cambe German war cemetery, the largest 2nd World War German war cemetery in Normandy, where the remains of over 21,000 German servicemen are buried. We then traveled to Colleville-sur-Mer, and the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. This overlooks Omaha beach and honors over 9,000 American troops some of whom died on that beach in 1944. Finally, before going to Caen to catch the Portsmouth Ferry, we visited Pegasus Bridge. Last week was very significant to us and on occasions very poignant, thank you to everyone who made it all possible. Lest We Forget

Here are a few weapons in the airborne museum in Normandy. Pictures of some foxholes in Bois Jacques, which were used by Easy Company, 506 PIR, 101st Airborne. Everyone knows whose cemetery marker this belongs to.

Took some time away from my day to day of HK gun building to do an R&D project…..working on a new method for making semi auto Swedish K guns as either SBR’s or 16” carbines. These are closed bolt guns with new tubes, new trunnions, barrels and lower ends. Using some of the original weldments from the original guns, but many new parts as well. It’s ready to test fire but that’ll be a few days as the wife is having surgery today so I can’t get out to test it this week. More will follow…..

The top one is a Catco Sterling (built on Sten Mk II tube) and the one underneath is a Sterling Mk. 5 (DLO Sten tube, SRT suppressor,gun built by John Andrewski). I have a good pile of 34 round Sterling magazines, 26 I believe with some NIW and also three of the rare 45 round magazines (made by the Chilean national armory?). They are both so much fun to shoot!

I finally got a reply about the rejection of my Form 4, turns out the bank in Portland, OR did the rejection. They were wrong in doing so, it is the correct form, and everything is correct on it, but I'm now having to re-submit as they won't accept it since it was declared incorrect. Not even a government toadie, but a bank employee that decided to exert some authority where it wasn't warranted. I know I can wait until Jan. 1 and e-file, but I'm hoping this one sails through quickly as some do since it' s an individual to a SOT transfer.