So many of these men were in their late teens and early twenties and reading their headstones the surge of gratitude overcomes you, without their sacrifice, I wouldn’t enjoy the life I have today. I wouldn’t be here reading their headstones.
Our tour ended up in Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery as a stop on our bike ride. Extremely thoughtful for the large group of Canadians. The gravestones are from a battle in 1944 and the men died mostly between October and December. It was the battle of Walcheren. Walcheren is an island that is an entrance to a strategic port occupied and fortified by the Germans at the early part of the war.
The island was secured November 4 1944.
The world around me 