In Our Grandfathers' Footsteps

The Last Post Editor's Note: I have returned from the Europe trip with unfinished business. There is still much work to be done on the blog. I have reviewed some of the posts and it is evident these were originally wrote very late at night after a long and full day. There are edits to be made, pictures and links to be added and three more days to add as well. I also have 4600 pictures to preview and will upload to DropBox for you to peruse.  On this page I will itemize the edits I have completed and will ultimately provide a summary of the trip. Thank you Curtis for the suggestion on the title. Tanner November 5, 2017 Day 26, Day 27 and Day 30:  Edits to content, added pictures and links Feb 17, 2018 Day 1: Edits and pictures added Feb 18, 2018 Day 2, 3, 4 and 5 edits made

Day 33,34 - September 29/30, 2017: Heading Home Editors Notes: Trip summary to come

Day 31 - Sept 27, 2017 - Kraków and Area We started the day with a visit to the Kraków Rakowicki Cemetery in a Krakow. This site contains the CWGC section as well as a section for Polish, Russian and German soldiers killed in World War II. Many famous locals are buried in this cemetery as well including the parents of Pope John Paul II. CWGC Kraków Rakawicki Cemetery 522 Casualties, 15 Canadians, 3 unidentified, 24 non-war casualties including two CWGC gardeners. This cemetery is the largest of three CWGC cemeteries in Poland. It contains the graves of those who died while interred at the Lamsdorf Prisoner of War camp as well as airmen shutdown during Warsaw supply drops and bombings of factories, railways and other strategic targets.   The graves of seven airmen is located in the cemetery - five with the Royal Canadian Air Force and two of the Royal Air Force. In August 1944, their Halifax bomber left Italy to drop supplies to the Polish Home Army fighting in the Warsaw uprising. Thei