Keep 'em Moving
51st Highland Division
Operation Pheasant
60th Anniversary
Return to Holland 1944 - 2004
VUGHT
Celebrations
Keep 'em Moving
Keep 'em Moving | 51st Highland Division Operation Pheasant 60th Anniversary Return to Holland 1944 - 2004 VUGHT Celebrations | Keep 'em Moving |
  The good people of Vught turned up in their hundreds to welcome the Veterans who helped Liberate their town. |
  The veterans are wined and dined at Vught Gemeente Huis. & the Stained glass window in the Scottish room |
  People of Vught are entertained by Dutch Pipes & Drums whilst waiting for the veterans to re-appear. |
  The Red carpet treatment for the Veterans. right; Tom Renouf MM (ex Black Watch) addresses the crowd. |
  left; Jan de Groot, Burgemeester of Vught, welcomes and thanks the Veterans |
  People of Vught met and talked to the Liberators |
  The Pipes & Drums lead the march past of the Veterans |
  The Veterans are applauded on their march through the crowds of Vught. (see the video of Vught 2004 here) |
  At the local cinema, a competition was held to see what Peace & Freedom meant to the schoolchildren of Vught. |
  The children depicted freedom with pictures and stories. |
  The winners of each age group received prizes on stage from Burgemeester Jan de Groot. |
  The veterans were called on stage and presented with a medal commemorating Operation Pheasant in 1944. |
  Another reception and a chance for the veterans to meet the people of vught again. |
  The whole occasion was enjoyed by all, the welcome given by the people of vught was overwhelming, something I will remember for the rest of my life. It made me feel even more proud of my Father and his 51st Highland Division comrades. (pictures owned by Richard Sands, others by kind permission of Jeanne & Peter van der Krabben.) |
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