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Finding true love on the Normandy Landing site-from Bluesky [View all]
"Nearly 20 years ago today I met George & Iris Lavis. They met on the Normandy invasion beaches. She landed a week after D-day, one of 12 women aboard a landing craft.
He waved her ashore & shouted "what are they sending bloody women for when we need ammunition & supplies!"
Then they fell in love"
Nearly 20 years ago today I met George & Iris Lavis. They met on the Normandy invasion beaches. She landed a week after D-day, one of 12 women aboard a landing craft.
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy.bsky.social) 2025-06-06T15:18:55.116Z
He waved her ashore & shouted "what are they sending bloody women for when we need ammunition & supplies!"
Then they fell in love
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