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Bill Millin, the “Mad Piper” of D-Day: A Remembrance of Sixty-Nine Years Ago This Week – JONATHAN TURLEY
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Remembering D-Day: Bill Millin, 'mad piper' whose unflinching playing stiffened resolve as he landed with British troops amid a hail of enemy fire
![Bill Millin played the bagpipes during the d-day landings to inspire the arriving British troops and survived. He later talked to captured German snipers who claimed they did not shoot at him Bill Millin played the bagpipes during the d-day landings to inspire the arriving British troops and survived. He later talked to captured German snipers who claimed they did not shoot at him](https://preview.redd.it/muvrhlgqblw51.jpg?auto=webp&s=458aa4b6502539b8be24673d3e3f7d4e6b05f1db)
Bill Millin played the bagpipes during the d-day landings to inspire the arriving British troops and survived. He later talked to captured German snipers who claimed they did not shoot at him
![Bill Millin the legendary D-Day piper at the Pegasus Bridge plays his pipes during a simulation of the debarkement at the Paris scale model fair March 2 Stock Photo - Alamy Bill Millin the legendary D-Day piper at the Pegasus Bridge plays his pipes during a simulation of the debarkement at the Paris scale model fair March 2 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D5FPRF/bill-millin-the-legendary-d-day-piper-at-the-pegasus-bridge-plays-his-pipes-during-a-simulation-of-the-debarkement-at-the-paris-scale-model-fair-march-2-2D5FPRF.jpg)
Bill Millin the legendary D-Day piper at the Pegasus Bridge plays his pipes during a simulation of the debarkement at the Paris scale model fair March 2 Stock Photo - Alamy
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6 Juin 44 La Cornemuse du D-Day Normandie by Millin, Bill: Near Fine Soft cover (1994) 1st Edition | Leakey's Bookshop Ltd.
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Remembering D-Day: Bill Millin, 'mad piper' whose unflinching playing stiffened resolve as he landed with British troops amid a hail of enemy fire
![6 Juin 44 La Cornemuse du D-Day Normandie by Millin, Bill: Near Fine Soft cover (1994) 1st Edition | Leakey's Bookshop Ltd. 6 Juin 44 La Cornemuse du D-Day Normandie by Millin, Bill: Near Fine Soft cover (1994) 1st Edition | Leakey's Bookshop Ltd.](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/31025438754.jpg)
6 Juin 44 La Cornemuse du D-Day Normandie by Millin, Bill: Near Fine Soft cover (1994) 1st Edition | Leakey's Bookshop Ltd.
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Memorial Statue remembering D-Day piper Bill Millin, Colleville Montgomery, Calvados, France Stock Photo - Alamy
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6 Juin 44 La Cornemuse du D-Day Normandie by Millin, Bill: Near Fine Soft cover (1994) 1st Edition | Leakey's Bookshop Ltd.
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Remembering D-Day: Bill Millin, 'mad piper' whose unflinching playing stiffened resolve as he landed with British troops amid a hail of enemy fire
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