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| "World Traveller" ![]() | Remembrance Day As you all know tomorrow is Remembrance day. I would like everyone (as I am sure you will anyway) to take the time tomorrow to remember those that fought and died for their countries in the many wars this century (WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands, Iraq etc) and in previous centuries. Remember the Fallen. Celebrate the survivors. Never Forget. ![]() ![]()
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| I always have done GN for all those young fellas who never had a fair crack of the whip from what ever nation they came from. Our family remembers this young lad more than most , my uncle killed at 20, sgt pilot Dennis Carty (Wellington pilot with the RCAF Bison sqdn) we only learned that info from the guys on this site so although I have a laugh and joke with you guys I shall always remember the help you gave. Cheers fellas. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| The US Military Cemetary in the Philipines. I visited this place in 1998. Of all the places I've traveled in the world, I consider this place to be the most touching. So many MIA graves. So many men who fell far from home and now resting here.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Time Catching Up to World War I Veterans http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/...vanishing_vets "....The Census Bureau stopped asking for data about those veterans years ago. Using a report of 65,000 alive in 1990 as a baseline, the VA estimates that no more than 50 remain, perhaps as few as 30....."
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO ![]() Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| That's real interesting Track! Remembrance Day/ Veterans Day - Let us all remember those who sacrificed so much!
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| Senior Member | Ill be going to Fort Benning tommorow to see the Service at the base. I hope my great uncle, who was in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, comes with us. He is getting pretty old but is a fighter. He's 93 and i hope he lives to 100 and more.... God Bless those who died for the sake of democracy!
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| I have just seen on the tv a news item where they asked passers by in London what the Poppy day appeal stood for and the answers they got where shocking one young woman thought it was something to do with celebrating the beginning of autumn what the **** have they been teaching at schools. I will observe the 2 minute silence at 1100hrs and think of all the dead including the lads from all nations who coped it in the Gulf, sleep peacefully fellas no more worrys for you. Part of For the Fallen By Lawrence Binyon 1869-1943 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. |
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Never forget and Remember all!
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| "Shooter" ![]() | To all veterans and servicmen serving today, I salute you. |
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Could not have said it better.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| here here |
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| Senior Member | Indeed...Thanks so much for the sacrifices you made to give us a better life... Its just a damn shame that some of the ignorant poeple at school dont appreciate this... |
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Just as you said, ignorant!
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| Senior Member | Well then it's up to us to educate them. By and large, Canadian youth do appreciate the significance of Remembrance Day and what service members have fought for, and continue to fight for throughout the world. Happily, it's still emphasized in the schools here. People are steadily growing complacent though, and it isn't just the younger generations. |
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