Hey Folks, Mr. Jeremy Bowles very graciously came on the podcast to share his tour experiences with Robert J Laplander with us. Jeremy is a WW1 historian and reenactor, and the journey he had in the Meuse-Argonne with Rob was so moving it simply needs to stand alone as its own mini-episode.
Listen to Jeremy’s story about being in the Meuse, and know that the goal of Lost Battalion Tours is to provide you with the same experience in August of 2020. So come join us!
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Mike’s contact info: verdunpodcast@gmail.com
Robert’s contact info: 308infantry@gmail.com
Robert’s website: http://www.findingthelostbattalion.com/
Jeremy closes his experiences with the poem “We Shall Keep the Faith” by Moina Michaels, which was the moving response to LTC John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields:”
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.
And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We’ll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.
Source: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/moina-michael-we-shall-keep-faith.htm
Photos of Jeremy Bowles, the Poppies, and His Relatives Who Served in France
The poppy bush Jeremy found with Robert Laplander. Poppies do not bloom in the fall, when Jeremy was visiting France. 
A close up shot of one of those poppies. Amazing.
