Legenda expedition May 2014

Another successful recovery trip to Kurland with nearly 30 soldiers recovered
who will hopefully be identified and laid to rest with the dignity and respect
they deserve.
 This year’s international expedition is just over and the participants are
safely back to their homes, tired and muddy. In a marshy forest there was a s
hell crater where a Soviet soldier laid. It was dug open and to everybody’s
surprise there was not a bone to see, but still, the soldier was there. The soil
conditions had preserved and partly mummified the body!! After this somewhat
shocking start the expedition went on to discover a forgotten field cemetery on
a farmer’s field. Here was 27 German soldiers found and recovered. Many of their
dog tags was located which mean they will be identified and get a named grave on
one of the official war cemeteries in Latvia. We was also very lucky with the
weather this year , +10 -15 Celsius and cloudy sky which is perfect for digging
and the last day when we as searching for fallen in a trench and bunker system
the clouds dispersed and the sun made it exhausting to work. All in all a very
good week where we got to do the job we came for and we had fun and some new
friendships was forged