Lest we forget......ANZAC DAY
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A few years ago, Mrs. Basket Case and I took a day-long tour of the Somme battlefield in NE France.
The battle was actually a series of engagements that took place over a period of months in WW1, all along the River Somme. It was prior to the entry of Americans into the war, so on the Allied side it was all English, Australian, New Zealand and Canada. Truly sobering. So unbelievably many men killed.
Heres a picture of a huge monument at Theipval.
The thing is absolutely massive. For a sense of the scale, note the people actually on the monument, silhouetted against the blue sky, not on the grounds in front of it.
The monument is to the missing from the Somme. Not killed. Not wounded. Only the missing. And only from the Somme, not any other battles, let alone the war as a whole. It has over 70,000 names engraved in the stone. In reality virtually all were killed. But the medical science of the day didn't allow for identification, or the poor guy had just been vaporized.
A truly humbling day for us.
The battle was actually a series of engagements that took place over a period of months in WW1, all along the River Somme. It was prior to the entry of Americans into the war, so on the Allied side it was all English, Australian, New Zealand and Canada. Truly sobering. So unbelievably many men killed.
Heres a picture of a huge monument at Theipval.
The thing is absolutely massive. For a sense of the scale, note the people actually on the monument, silhouetted against the blue sky, not on the grounds in front of it.
The monument is to the missing from the Somme. Not killed. Not wounded. Only the missing. And only from the Somme, not any other battles, let alone the war as a whole. It has over 70,000 names engraved in the stone. In reality virtually all were killed. But the medical science of the day didn't allow for identification, or the poor guy had just been vaporized.
A truly humbling day for us.
Veterans have joined Sydney’s Anzac Day March, marking 110 years since Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli.
Approximately 10,000 service men and women have braved the chilly weather to march today.
Among the participants are six World War II veterans, proudly taking part in the commemorative event.
Approximately 10,000 service men and women have braved the chilly weather to march today.
Among the participants are six World War II veterans, proudly taking part in the commemorative event.
Poke, I took this thread as a somber remembrance of tens of thousands of lives lost.
I don't see how a video of Steve Irwin's antics with the Florida Gator mascot honors the blood sacrifice of the ANZAC troops in two world wars and other lesser engagements.
What am I missing?
I don't see how a video of Steve Irwin's antics with the Florida Gator mascot honors the blood sacrifice of the ANZAC troops in two world wars and other lesser engagements.
What am I missing?
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All the Aussies I served with were top notch.
And they were good blokes. Good sense of humor, shouldered their share of the load, good in a scrap.
And they were good blokes. Good sense of humor, shouldered their share of the load, good in a scrap.
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