Veterans Day in the United States, Remembrance Day in Aus. - just taking a minute to think about our good Fortune, and how it came to be..............!
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| Author: | RODH2 [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:29 am ] |
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Veterans Day in the United States, Remembrance Day in Aus. - just taking a minute to think about our good Fortune, and how it came to be..............!
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| Author: | husson73 [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:01 am ] |
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end of WWI in France, kind of bank holidays, nobody works (work at home yet) 
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| Author: | RODH2 [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:34 am ] |
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Many Australians made the 'trip' to France in WW1, J.P. Respect. 
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| Author: | Jackman [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:40 am ] |
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Grandfather was in France WWI as a Balloon surveyor picking targets came home severely claustrophobic from the trenches, |
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| Author: | husson73 [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:01 am ] |
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my grandfather made WWI from 1915 to 1919. he was in Verdun on 1917 and was sadly injured just before an attack, this saves his life cause a week after he was the only man alive of his infantery regiment, all the other from the colonel to the soldiers were killed in action. After he marched past with the flag of his regiment, lonely, in front of the military commander of Verdun who was Pétain. he was volunter as when the authorities called him for war the doctors said he hadn't the health to go to war. He was also injured by poison gas and finished the war as sergeant, military medal, war cross, legion of Honor. He did also WWII, was prisoner on june 1940 and escaped asap (mean a few days after). He died on 1988 at nearly 90 years old. |
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| Author: | III [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:38 am ] |
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Attachment: vetransday.gif
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| Author: | ThreePipesSmokin [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:40 am ] |
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God Bless all who served!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2MmwUbC_E&feature=kp |
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| Author: | two-stroke-brit [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:07 am ] |
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husson73 wrote: my grandfather made WWI from 1915 to 1919. he was in Verdun on 1917 and was sadly injured just before an attack, this saves his life cause a week after he was the only man alive of his infantery regiment, all the other from the colonel to the soldiers were killed in action. After he marched past with the flag of his regiment, lonely, in front of the military commander of Verdun who was Pétain. he was volunter as when the authorities called him for war the doctors said he hadn't the health to go to war. He was also injured by poison gas and finished the war as sergeant, military medal, war cross, legion of Honor. He did also WWII, was prisoner on june 1940 and escaped asap (mean a few days after). He died on 1988 at nearly 90 years old. wow, to go through all that and still live to be nearly 90.
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| Author: | Jackman [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:32 am ] |
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Good read JP dig the old stories My Grandfather made it back to France in WWII, first a shore landing in Italy then France and on up in to Germany, att the same time his Son my Dad was an Infantryman in the Philippines, my Mothers Cousin died in France her family always talked of the one that did not come home ,life's been much better for the rest of us because of their sacrifices 
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| Author: | husson73 [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:27 am ] |
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All our veterans merit respect. Thank you all. |
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