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61 " On his first Sunday in London, Tronstad sat down across from Commander Eric Welsh, head of the Norwegian branch of SIS. Welsh ran Skylark B and had choreographed Tronstad’s journey to London. "
― Neal Bascomb , The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
62 " Laurence Binyon’s poem “For the Fallen” was read in English and in Norwegian translation at the ceremony: “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning, / We will remember them. "
63 " Knut Haugland spent 101 days in 1947 as the radio operator on the Kon-Tiki, a simple raft that crossed the Pacific Ocean with only a six-man crew. Beyond offering great adventure, the journey exorcised his own demons. "
64 " What nature and time could not mend, their friendship supported them through. Until the end of their lives, Kompani Linge members gathered often to share experiences that few others could understand. "
65 " Tronstad knew that if he refused to dispatch Haukelid to take care of the ferry, the Allies would bomb Vemork again before the shipment left the plant or while the train or ferry were in motion. Many more innocent civilians would die in these scenarios. "
66 " You have to fight for your freedom and for peace. You have to fight for it every day, to keep it. It’s like a glass boat; it’s easy to break. It’s easy to lose. —JOACHIM RØNNEBERG, Gunnerside leader "
67 " The war is singing its last verse, and it requires every effort from all who would call themselves men. You will understand that, won’t you? "
68 " He had always figured it was going to be a one-way journey, he said, and now he wanted his leader to know that he did not intend to slow down the team if they had the chance to escape. He would find his own way. “Nonsense,” Rønneberg said flatly. “You’ve kept up with us until now, and you can keep up with us to Sweden.” For this decision the young leader did not offer a vote. "
69 " Culling staff and methods from SIS’s D section (D for destruction) and the Army’s similar MI (Military Intelligence) unit, its masterminds, who started the organization from three rooms at St. Ermin’s Hotel, referred to themselves as the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. "