MedTrekking through El Alamein, Egypt, and paying his respects at numerous World War II cemeteries and memorial monuments.
Over 50,000 Allied and Axis soldiers were killed in ongoing battles between 1940-43 near this Mediterranean town in northern Egypt.
The El Alamein War Cemetery contains over 7,200 Commonwealth graves – 800 which are unidentified.
The inscription reads: A soldier of the 1939-1945 war.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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