The story
In Italy, British Army Sherwood Foresters Lieutenant (temporary Captain) John Henry Cound Brunt used a PIAT and other weapons to fire on advancing Germans, and then jumped on top of a Sherman tank to help direct the tank gun fire, both of which contributed in repulsing a German counterattack by 90th Panzergrenadier Division. He would later be awarded the Victoria Cross, posthumously, for this action.
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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