May 8, 2013
Volnye
The last stop before lunch is at Volnye, which, according to the itinerary, was "reputed to be the site of a YD lane or alley." (No idea what this means.) But this town had commissioned a commemorative bench, made out of the steel matting that kept tanks from losing traction in the mud.
You may notice that the vets -- Grandpa, Steve, and Jack -- are sitting on red, white, and blue cushions. Turns out they're theirs for keepsies.
I bet we'll all going to be fighting over that one in the will.
Grandpa and I took a picture in front of the deuce-and-a-half truck -- the kind of truck he drove on the Red Ball Express from Versailles to Belgium.