Drone_pilot
13-10-07, 15:26
Two Royal Marines are to re-enact a daring World War II raid where
commandos canoed up a river to attach limpet mines to enemy ships.
Ten men took part in the "Cockleshell" raid in 1942 - but only two survived.
Their heroic exploits in five canoes on a French river led to the team being
known as the Cockleshell Heroes.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7042946.stm)
commandos canoed up a river to attach limpet mines to enemy ships.
Ten men took part in the "Cockleshell" raid in 1942 - but only two survived.
Their heroic exploits in five canoes on a French river led to the team being
known as the Cockleshell Heroes.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7042946.stm)