North Sea flood of 1953

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Many thousands of volunteers came to help closing the breaches in the dykes. My dad was one of them, filling sandbags which were then carried by hand and placed in the breaches.

Who knows, maybe my Dad is one of the guys in these photos:
http://hdl.handle.net/10648/af3190d6...8-003048976d84
http://hdl.handle.net/10648/af318a0a...8-003048976d84

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some more CMPs:

CMP truck keeping soldier's feet dry...
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...f-87832fe990e6


CMP Workshop trucks:
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...8-b629bfc70af5


CMP with PA system in the left background:
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...5-60f1eace4f7b


GMC CCKW-353 stuck in the water, the Ford CMP behind it is still running
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...c-4e29eb14f8a6

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more, this style of CMP is new to me.

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Source: https://beeldbank.watersnoodmuseum.n...2495&id=632488

[Andrew H.]

Even here in NZ, my great aunts were busy knitting socks to send to the flooded Dutch people.

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

Even here in NZ, my great aunts were busy knitting socks to send to the flooded Dutch people.

Well, it is named after the province where the worst of the floods happened …

(More than once, I’ve been asked: “The .nl in your e-mail address, is that New Zealand?” To which I tend to reply, “No, but I am from the province that that country is named after” — which of course puzzles them even more )