Jacques
Entraînement
"Paruru te fenua" - Devise de la Regiment d'infanterie de marine du Pacifique (RIMAP)
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Post by Jacques on Jun 9, 2022 12:37:26 GMT -5
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Jacques
Entraînement
"Paruru te fenua" - Devise de la Regiment d'infanterie de marine du Pacifique (RIMAP)
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Post by Jacques on Jun 9, 2022 12:56:23 GMT -5
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Post by earlymb on Jun 10, 2022 5:08:27 GMT -5
Great photos, please keep them coming if you can! I hope your grandad will feel better soon
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Post by craigtx on Jun 10, 2022 5:48:25 GMT -5
Agreed! Excellent photos! I especially like the first photo with the striped socks and espadrilles! Thanks for sharing them with us! If you can share more, please do!
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Post by lew on Jun 10, 2022 11:34:58 GMT -5
Ces photos sont fantastiques! Keep them coming.
Do you have any accompanying information on your grandfather's service- locations, dates, unit, etc...? Now would be a great time to get his recollections on tape, so to speak. Bon chance et bonne santé à tous.
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Jacques
Entraînement
"Paruru te fenua" - Devise de la Regiment d'infanterie de marine du Pacifique (RIMAP)
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Post by Jacques on Jun 16, 2022 10:31:02 GMT -5
Yes, as of right now I do not have any other information but we are going around France right now visiting but we will return back to their house and stay there for a couple more days until we head back to the states. I will make sure to ask and get lots of information! He gave me a very large photo album with around 100-200 photos so there are a lot of great ones in there but I will definitely have to ask!
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topbreak
Dans le théâtre de la guerre
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Post by topbreak on Jun 17, 2022 16:04:48 GMT -5
Record and preserve whatever you can. These days it's way too easy for people to forget that there was history happening before last Tuesday, and that people took actual photographs of these things, and even went so far as to write letters and journals about it.
You have an invaluable connection to the past. Make the most of it, and share.
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Hello everyone! I am in France right now visiting my grandparents, unfortunately my grandfather is not doing too good and I am not sure how much longer he’ll be here. Today he brought out his old photo albums and one book immediately caught my eye, a locally purchased phot book with a camel on the front and hundreds of photos of my grandpa in Algeria. He told me that he was an Infirmière Militaire (Medic) and I would like to share some photos with all of you! My french side of the family all were Pied Noirs in Morocco and Algeria. 
