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at 12:15 yesterday (Friday 31st May) saw 8 helicopters in formation (1 scout, then 3 chinooks abreast, then 3 blackhawks abreast, then 1 solo scout) flew over south London heading northwards in the direction of Westminster. I was on the bus at the time. What I took to be a transport plane followed shortly afterwards headed in the same general direction.
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> Over 6,000 US soldiers died in the D-Day landings

> alone- 3x the number of British


In terms of lives lost, this was just one battle (albeit a symbolically important one). Britain and America lost about the same number of soldiers during the whole of WW2, roughly half a million, give or take. The Soviets sacrificed over 8 million soldiers fighting the Nazis. I don't see us rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin any time soon?


I appreciate the need for Trump to be invited to Portsmouth as President of the USA, but he is a charmless, narcissistic draft dodger who will take the focus away from the remaining D-Day veterans and their families on what should be a very special commemoration. Which is a shame.

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