Veterans Affairs committee  No, I'm not Bomber Command. I'm something else.

Veterans Affairs committee  Everybody is.

Veterans Affairs committee  That night.... I have to tell you this. This is off the record, of course.

Veterans Affairs committee  The answer is yes. I could tell you of one situation, and it involves Prince Bernhard. It was the commemorative situation in the year 2000. I was in Holland. I had been taken over there by the people of the city of Venlo, where I had knocked the bridges down. They found out tha

Veterans Affairs committee  The Eindhoven runway is one single strip that is about ten degrees off. That's what we had to operate from. It's still the same, except that it is beautifully kept now.

Veterans Affairs committee  That is a big parade again and it's quite significant.

Veterans Affairs committee  May I just add one thing?

Veterans Affairs committee  The opportunity has arisen. You mentioned a band. One of the bands that's going to go over there is the Burlington Teen Tour Band. This is a band from Burlington that's been in operation since the sixties, and it's a marvellous marching band of kids from 12 to 18. They're absolut

Veterans Affairs committee  It was quite a feat.

Veterans Affairs committee  Let me try to answer that. I think that what we do, through Veterans Affairs and the great celebrations on D-Day in Holland and elsewhere, gives us a chance to really tell the story to the best of our ability. A good friend of mine is a fellow called Peter Mansbridge. Mansbridge

Veterans Affairs committee  May 5.

Veterans Affairs committee  It will be less because you won't be there.

Veterans Affairs committee  You have to believe me. I'm not part Polish, but you have to believe me anyway.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, Chairman, I'm always cognizant of the caution from the chair about time, but because at my age, time doesn't mean much.