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And, in remembrance of Veterans Day we pay tribute to Bill Millin, the personal piper for Lord Lovat, a dashing Scottish nobleman who led a team of British commandos onto the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Millin's bagpipes were easily heard above the din of battle for miles, and signaled to allies that reinforcements were on the way.

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  • Have just contributed.. a fine an worthy cause and far less than I owe these lads whose bravery I probably will never truly understand.

    Rest ye weil Bill.. h-uile latha, na chi 'snach fhaic!

  • We all owe a tremendous debt to these heroes for the extreme dangers they so bravely and willingly faced and for the sacrifices they made.

  • That Drum Major wearing the Argyll & Sutherland kit is an absolute, horrible shower....

  • Loved this! Great job!

  • Dan, your narration began with your emphasis on the ALLIED invasion at Normandy, but as usual - the more you went on it became the American involvement that dominated. My father went ashore on GOLD beach at Zero hour +1 with the BRITISH 50th. Division. He always maintained that, in American eyes, they hardly seemed to have been there! Go pay a visit to Bayeux Cemetary.

  • Lovely piece! We're conducting a Bill Millin tribute next month in NYC at the Pipes of Christmas - see website. Let's get Bill's Memorial completed in 2011!

  • Brilliant!

  • So sad he won't see the memorial unveiled in 2011. we owe him and all the men and women of the armed forces. I am proud to be a Scot with these roll models.

  • thanks anzio44, will you contribute to Bill Millin Memorial ?

  • Good report but Bill wasn't the last man to lead soldiers into battle with the pipes. Men of the 15th (Scottish) Division did it at Cheux a few weeks after D Day, Canadian units did it, and the largest time it was done later in the war was in the Reichswald Forest battle in 1945.

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