• One of the last survivors of Dunkirk has passed away
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One of the last survivors of Dunkirk has died, aged 99 One of the last survivors to be evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk has died. Second World War veteran Alfred Spooner passed away after a short illness at the age of 99, at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, surrounded by his family. Alfred served with the 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment at Dunkirk. He was one of the men on the beaches bombed by the German Luftwaffe, as they waited to be rescued in 1940. Speaking at the time, he said: “In real life, there were four or five Stukas bombing the beach at any one time and it didn’t let up. “You just did what you could to survive. I hid in the sand dunes and we dug holes in the beach to take cover in, to avoid the blast. Some people were unlucky and a bomb fell into their holes.” The British Army had been trapped against the sea by the Nazis. However, thanks to the efforts of the Royal Navy, the RAF, and many civilian sailors, over 338,000 soldiers – including Alfred – were rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of more than 800 boats. There's a video in the source of Alfred Spooner giving his opinion on Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk.
Close to a 100 you old bastard, can't win all the battle though. Rest easy.
Gonna be a really sad day once the last WW2 vet passes away
The movie wasn't that bad..
this isn't so much tasteless as just, not funny. come on dude
fuck sake mate you're a mod. Act like it.
Joke probably would've worked if the film was actually bad, but it wasn't...
You guys are being a bit sensitive, it's not like he suffered a super tragic death or anything, loosen up, jeez.
It is tragic in the sense that WWII vets are starting to become fewer and fewer. Living history is being lost.
I mean yea, that still sucks, no argument here, but since when have jokes involving death / dead people suddenly become off-limits? It wasn't even really at his expense, yet people seem to act like he pissed on his grave.
his post was dumb but what does "acting like a mod" mean lmao
In this context, I assume they were referencing how insensitive jokes have gotten people banned before.
Insensitive to who? A 99 year old dying isn't tragic. It's life.
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