Howell
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Yes, I'm a day late.
Thanks to all our Aus and NZ friends!
Thanks to all our Aus and NZ friends!
Happy ANZAC day!
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Damned Japs what made Aussies get along with Americans and New Zealanders. T'ain't natural.
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:rofl:
sdbardwick
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Yeah, but they changed the name. Also, the last (known) US vet died this year.
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Obviously not tough enough compared to the (adopted) Aussie:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/03/3153676.htm
Seriously, I'm in awe of what those guys survived. I don't know if anyone's seen the movie Gallipoli, but apart from everything else it highlights the horrors of trench warfare, for instance.
An American expatriate once told me that this attitude was what made Australia so strong: we celebrate the bravery of people who died in a hopeless, pointless cause. The fact that they didn't win doesn't matter, it's that they gave everything they had to give.
Anzac Day is a big thing here; my kids have got themselves out of bed and participated in some dawn services because they wanted to, not because they had to (I certainly had nothing to do with it). One of my daughters criticized the Prime Minister because she didn't attend the dawn service in the national capital, Canberra (she was in Korea on a diplomatic tour of Asian nations. They flew some Korean war veterans over and she had a dawn service with them. There's no pleasing some people.)
In short, we're not militaristic, but we'll fight to the death.
Have a nice day.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/03/3153676.htm
Seriously, I'm in awe of what those guys survived. I don't know if anyone's seen the movie Gallipoli, but apart from everything else it highlights the horrors of trench warfare, for instance.
An American expatriate once told me that this attitude was what made Australia so strong: we celebrate the bravery of people who died in a hopeless, pointless cause. The fact that they didn't win doesn't matter, it's that they gave everything they had to give.
Anzac Day is a big thing here; my kids have got themselves out of bed and participated in some dawn services because they wanted to, not because they had to (I certainly had nothing to do with it). One of my daughters criticized the Prime Minister because she didn't attend the dawn service in the national capital, Canberra (she was in Korea on a diplomatic tour of Asian nations. They flew some Korean war veterans over and she had a dawn service with them. There's no pleasing some people.)
In short, we're not militaristic, but we'll fight to the death.
Have a nice day.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
On an odd, tangentially related note, I met a USS Indianapolis survivor a couple weeks ago. He said he was 89.
Howell
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I saw Gallipoli but don't remember it very well. A Vary Long Engagement was memorable and I have a few others in my queue to check out: Paths of Glory, Sargent York, All Quiet on the Western Front.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Paths of Glory is a great movie.
Howell
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Cool! Thanks Tim!
Bozo
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Happy ANZAC Day!
Never forget the Veterans!
Never forget the Veterans!
Tannin
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The last combat veteran of the First World War died today.
Claude Choules disliked Anzac Day, or any celebration of war, but I think most of us would honour him at this time just the same.
More here: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...last-of-the-last/story-e6frg15c-1225796638140
Claude Choules disliked Anzac Day, or any celebration of war, but I think most of us would honour him at this time just the same.
More here: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...last-of-the-last/story-e6frg15c-1225796638140
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
There is still a living WWI servicewoman, believe it or not.
My grandfather was a WWI vet, but he passed away in 1975.
My grandfather was a WWI vet, but he passed away in 1975.