European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday june 3,1994 a. F 2rr� a t 1 i y t it t it Ltd. V a amps Dave Didio 1., leads the american con the . Army Field band of fort Meade  a Tangent marching thursday in the a Day Parade in Weymouth England. Vets bring Back pathos humor by Nancy  . Bureau Weymouth England hundreds of american Canadian and British veterans have joined forces once again to commemorated Day in England a southwestern coastal Village of Weymouth where More than 500,000 . Troops embarked for the Normandy beaches5gycars ago. �?o1 came Back for sentimental reasons a said Russell we rec who was a sergeant with the 26th inf regt 1st div stationed at Swanage England. On a Day Werme landed at Omaha Beach the bloodiest of the invasion Sites. He was wounded two weeks later in Caumont France and spent six months in a . Military Hospital at Blandford England. Werme 76, of Pittsburgh was one of about 50 . Veterans who marched in a mile Long a Day Parade thursday that consisted of about 1,000 participants. Robert Diller 69, who also marched in the Parade said he travelled to Weymouth from his Home in Phoenix because a if i lived this Long 1 wanted to be Here for the 50th.�?� Diller was a private with the 26th inf regt 1st div stationed in Plymouth England. British military officials estimated that the Parade was attended by More than 6,000 people who lined both sides of the Esplanade in some places As Many As 20 people deep. The Street crowd offered one Ion wave of applause As world War 1 veterans marched past and flags were waved by spectators who watched from hotel balconies and windows some British spectators could be overheard exchanging memories about a Day. Weymouth resident Greta Gower said a it Weymouth Bay was one absolute mass of ships and overhead it was thick with flying  a Many . Veterans of world War ii who chose not to March in the Parade were among the spectators. One of these Donald Williams 72, who was with the . Navy s 35th so . Motor torpedo boats in Portland England had patrolled Omaha Beach in a torpedo boat before during and after a Day. Williams from Boston mass., said he decided to return to England for a Day activities after he received word last month that a former British Girlfriend whom he had not seen since the War had asked a Mutual acquaintance whether he Werme Lanned to make the journey. Wil p h i new Are gone thursday s weather was All too familiar said Thomas r. Mccann 74, from Monroe la. There was a terrific storm on a Day and rain pelted Down on Parade participants As they lined up for their March. However the Clouds began to disperse As a memorial service and Wreath laying ceremony began at the British War memorial on the Esplanade. To _ a amps Dave Stdio . Army capt. Kevin b. A Macc supervises children on top of a Vintage m4a2 Sherman tank thursday in Weymouth. Emdee of the army Armor Center and school at fort Knox ky., agreed to drive the tank which belongs to a British museum in the towns a Day Parade. Iams said that both he and his former Girlfriend were married and that his wife encouraged him to make the trip. A she his wife said a she a 80, you re 72, what Are you going to do a a Williams said following the Parade Williams planned to meet his former Girlfriend at the clock Tower on the is Lanade a just like we always did Quot e said. Although Many buildings in the area have changed and most of the whom . Veterans once a amps Dav Duflo britons and americans line the Street thursday in Weymouth to watch the Parade. Mccann who was a Corporal with the he co of the interrogation and recon platoon 18th inf regt 1st div in Puddletown England said that when he landed on Omaha a it was the biggest  debris and bodies were strewn everywhere he said. Mccann said that he lost friends and comrades in the War and that a a in be been looking Forward to this for a Long  a the Celebration is for the ones still living and the commemoration is for the ones who died a said Jack Hathaway 74, who travelled from Carmichael pa., with his wife Claire to participate in a Day activities. Hathaway who landed at Omaha Beach was a sergeant with the 26th inf regt 1st div stationed in Swanage England