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Steve19 said:
Where is this?
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Fungo Squiggly said:
Given @ScriptOhio 's propensity for cruising plus the types of penguins, my guess would be far South America. Maybe even the Falklands?
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I'm out of the country and posting this from Nice; so I may not be too quick to respomd to posts for the next 3 weeks. Fungo is correct it is {from Volunteer Point} in the Falklands.

Next Sunday I'll be in Paris, sure hope the "wolverine stinch" is gone by then....:biggrin:
 
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Everyone in the tour group that I was in was given a rose to put on a grave. I just (randomly) placed mine on the first one that I saw from Ohio. When I got home I "googled" the name. Needless to say, every one of the crosses in the cemetary has a story:

Second Lieutenant Richard A. Kersting

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United States Army

Distinguished Service Cross Citation

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For extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy on 11 July 1944, in France. Second Lieutenant Kersting and the men with him, while proceeding on foot in advance of a tank, encountered about 40 enemy soldiers. A running fight developed with the Germans resisting from house to house. Second Lieutenant Kersting led his men in an assault in which 10 of the enemy were killed and the remaining Germans took cover in one of the houses. Then, while covered by the fire of the other soldiers and the tank, Second Lieutenant Kersting though exposed to enemy fire, fearlessly made his way to the door of the house, kicked it in and called to the Germans to surrender. Led by their officer the Germans laid down their arms, came out of the house and surrendered. As the last of these soldiers left the building, Second Lieutenant Kersting observed the muzzle of a rifle protruding from another door in the same building. He pinned himself to the wall as a shot was fired at him and then killed the enemy soldier who had fired the shot. The aggressive leadership and personal bravery displayed by Second Lieutenant Kersting reflects great credit on himself and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.

http://www.ohioheroes.org/inductees/2006/kersting.htm
 
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