Roger Waters was less than six months old with his father lost his live in the Battle of Anzio during WWII.  A  war veteran that conducted a search of British war documents in order to pinpoint the actual site where the Lietenant Eric Waters died has received a poem of thanks from his son. Harry Schindler received the letter sogned 'To Harry, with gratitude' from Roger.  Schindler told the Daily Telegraph he was fortunate to survive the D Day landings and battles that followed and considers it his job to '...make sure that nobody forgets the lads who died and what happened after the landings.'

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