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    <title>Veteran Accounts</title>
    <description>Specific accounts from veterans around the world.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>My Dad's War in the Fleet Air Arm</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/my-dads-war-in-the-fleet-air-arm.55400/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Margaret Watson)</author>
      <dc:creator>Margaret Watson</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My Dad, Peter Watson wrote this memoir a few years ago. I believe it was to send to James...<br />
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      <slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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      <title>52nd Lowland Division "Churchill's Hooded Butchers"</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/52nd-lowland-division-churchills-hooded-butchers.44009/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (nickelby)</author>
      <dc:creator>nickelby</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Perusing through a diary of an Officer in the 1st Bn Glasgow Highlanders in WW2 across NW...<br />
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      <title>Corporal George Dorward Penman - King's Own Scottish Borderers</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/corporal-george-dorward-penman-kings-own-scottish-borderers.109613/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Bedee)</author>
      <dc:creator>Bedee</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At the moment im researching <br />
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Penman, George Dorward<br />
Corporal<br />
4th or 5th King&#039;s Own Scottish...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/corporal-george-dorward-penman-kings-own-scottish-borderers.109613/" class="internalLink">Corporal George Dorward Penman - King&#039;s Own Scottish Borderers</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How many British WW2 Veterans are still around ?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/how-many-british-ww2-veterans-are-still-around.9452/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (51highland)</author>
      <dc:creator>51highland</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Having just managed to put a video on my website ( for someone with my limited knowledge, it was...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/how-many-british-ww2-veterans-are-still-around.9452/" class="internalLink">How many British WW2 Veterans are still around ?</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>553</slash:comments>
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      <title>Can anyone ID this vet</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 03:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/can-anyone-id-this-vet.109415/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (That lock guy)</author>
      <dc:creator>That lock guy</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just added a type 99 Arisaka to my collection with a vets name carved in the stock and Saipan...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/can-anyone-id-this-vet.109415/" class="internalLink">Can anyone ID this vet</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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      <title>Vale - Captain Richard [Gordon] Hastings PAVITT NZ &amp; British Army</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/vale-captain-richard-gordon-hastings-pavitt-nz-british-army.33616/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (DaveB)</author>
      <dc:creator>DaveB</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I learned during the week that a WW2 veteran that I had spent some time with over the last...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/vale-captain-richard-gordon-hastings-pavitt-nz-british-army.33616/" class="internalLink">Vale - Captain Richard [Gordon] Hastings PAVITT NZ &amp; British Army</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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      <title>Count Andre D'Aquino SOE</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/count-andre-daquino-soe.96305/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (matthew lucas)</author>
      <dc:creator>matthew lucas</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I m interested in seeing if any of you know this Polish veteran who was also connected with SOE?...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/count-andre-daquino-soe.96305/" class="internalLink">Count Andre D&#039;Aquino SOE</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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      <title>My dads war storys. Chapter One.</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/my-dads-war-storys-chapter-one.26767/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (gpjeuken)</author>
      <dc:creator>gpjeuken</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My father, Michel Jeuken,<br />
Always optimistic and kind, With sence of humour.<br />
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He did not like to...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/my-dads-war-storys-chapter-one.26767/" class="internalLink">My dads war storys. Chapter One.</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>95</slash:comments>
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      <title>Mel Brooks interview about his service</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mel-brooks-interview-about-his-service.103030/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mel-brooks-interview-about-his-service.103030/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Dave55)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dave55</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Really great interview, especially if you are a Mel Brooks fan.<br />
It sounds like he might be...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/mel-brooks-interview-about-his-service.103030/" class="internalLink">Mel Brooks interview about his service</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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      <title>Joe Brown 1921-2015</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/joe-brown-1921-2015.57751/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/joe-brown-1921-2015.57751/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (von Poop)</author>
      <dc:creator>von Poop</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some <i>exceptionally </i>sad news I&#039;m afraid....<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/joe-brown-1921-2015.57751/" class="internalLink">Joe Brown 1921-2015</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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      <title>Tom Canning 1924-2016</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/tom-canning-1924-2016.61489/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/tom-canning-1924-2016.61489/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (17thDYRCH)</author>
      <dc:creator>17thDYRCH</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Forum members,<br />
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I have heard from Tom&#039;s family that our good friend Tom has passed away on May...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/tom-canning-1924-2016.61489/" class="internalLink">Tom Canning 1924-2016</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>143</slash:comments>
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      <title>A letter home…Walter’s War</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a-letter-home%E2%80%A6walter%E2%80%99s-war.105532/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a-letter-home%E2%80%A6walter%E2%80%99s-war.105532/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Wobbler)</author>
      <dc:creator>Wobbler</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of you, I know, have been following my thread with my grandfather’s letters from his time...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a-letter-home%E2%80%A6walter%E2%80%99s-war.105532/" class="internalLink">A letter home…Walter’s War</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>81</slash:comments>
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      <title>BAOR - SRY - Grandpa what did you do after the war?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/baor-sry-grandpa-what-did-you-do-after-the-war.60154/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/baor-sry-grandpa-what-did-you-do-after-the-war.60154/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Ramiles)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ramiles</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been reading some of the accounts of my granddad in the time immediately after the end of...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/baor-sry-grandpa-what-did-you-do-after-the-war.60154/" class="internalLink">BAOR - SRY - Grandpa what did you do after the war?</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>65</slash:comments>
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      <title>Death of 296864 Sydney Walter JARY, MC, Somerset Light Infantry</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 20:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/death-of-296864-sydney-walter-jary-mc-somerset-light-infantry.77526/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/death-of-296864-sydney-walter-jary-mc-somerset-light-infantry.77526/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (JDKR)</author>
      <dc:creator>JDKR</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I noticed in yesterday&#039;s Daily Telegraph that Sidney Jary died on 5 August.  Sidney was a...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/death-of-296864-sydney-walter-jary-mc-somerset-light-infantry.77526/" class="internalLink">Death of 296864 Sydney Walter JARY, MC, Somerset Light Infantry</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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      <title>Award of French Legion d'Honneur to Normandy  veterans</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/award-of-french-legion-dhonneur-to-normandy-veterans.54285/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/award-of-french-legion-dhonneur-to-normandy-veterans.54285/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (SDP)</author>
      <dc:creator>SDP</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the MOD DDay70 web site, all surviving Normandy veterans can now apply for the...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/award-of-french-legion-dhonneur-to-normandy-veterans.54285/" class="internalLink">Award of French Legion d&#039;Honneur to Normandy  veterans</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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      <title>Spam (the Hormel Kind!)</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/spam-the-hormel-kind.1595/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/spam-the-hormel-kind.1595/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (jamesicus)</author>
      <dc:creator>jamesicus</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think most of the SPAM produced in the US in 1940-1942 must have gone to Britain and Russia....<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/spam-the-hormel-kind.1595/" class="internalLink">Spam (the Hormel Kind!)</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>65</slash:comments>
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      <title>AJEX WW2 Commemoration Parades</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ajex-ww2-commemoration-parades.32302/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ajex-ww2-commemoration-parades.32302/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Ron Goldstein)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ron Goldstein</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sunday 16th November 2008.<br />
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A word of explanation to my non-Jewish friends.<br />
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Anyone who has...<br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ajex-ww2-commemoration-parades.32302/" class="internalLink">AJEX WW2 Commemoration Parades</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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      <title>Ron Goldstein 1923 - 2021</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ron-goldstein-1923-2021.89836/</link>
      <guid>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ron-goldstein-1923-2021.89836/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (bexley84)</author>
      <dc:creator>bexley84</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just received this note from Marsha, the daughter of Ron Goldstein:<br />
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<i>&quot;I am writing to tell...</i><br />
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<a href="https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ron-goldstein-1923-2021.89836/" class="internalLink">Ron Goldstein 1923 - 2021</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>122</slash:comments>
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      <title>WW2 slang: Does it still make sense ?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/ww2-slang-does-it-still-make-sense.60095/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Ron Goldstein)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ron Goldstein</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just posted this item on another thread but think it might stand more of a chance of response if...<br />
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      <slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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      <title>Eternal Rome</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/eternal-rome.72096/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Ron Goldstein)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ron Goldstein</dc:creator>
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 I start by freely admitting that I just<i><b> love </b></i>Rome !...<br />
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