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Re: U-boat bunker construction concrete
Posted by: Don Prince ()
Date: July 05, 2009 01:11AM

Hello Jukka,

Wow! What a great question... Several years ago, I asked the French Embassy here in the U. S., if it was possible to get a piece of the U-Boat Bunker Concrete from the RAF bombing site. About a month later, I received a copy of an aerial photo of Brest taken in 1946, and a copy of a photo taken in 1944 when the U.S. Infantry Division (Blue & Gray) liberated the Brest U-Boat Pens.

In addition, I received a piece of concrete (about the size of a small fist) from the Brest bomb site. There are burn spots on the edge and a black pebble in the mix and very small black specks throughout the concrete.

Your question seems to have answered my questions about my World War II unusual souvenir.

Regards,
Don_

"A man's got to know his limitations..."
Harry Callahan, SFPD

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U-boat bunker construction concrete Jukka Juutinen 06/22/2009 06:58AM
Re: U-boat bunker construction concrete Nestor 06/24/2009 08:28AM
Re: U-boat bunker construction concrete Don Prince 07/05/2009 01:11AM
Re: U-boat bunker construction concrete Jan7 08/09/2009 08:26PM


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