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- bairdlander2
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Thanks to all veterans tomorrow as we remember sacrifices made so that we can enjoy our lives .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_DayDont forget to buy and wear a poppy.
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Quite so:
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
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Now Maitland, now's your time!
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
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We must never forget the sacrifices of men and women that paved the way for the freedoms that we enjoy today.
Armistice by Sophie Jewett is fitting ...
The water sings along our keel,
The wind falls to a whispering breath;
I look into your eyes and feel
No fear of life or death;
So near is love, so far away
The losing strife of yesterday.
We watch the swallow skim and dip;
Some magic bids the world be still;
Life stands with finger upon lip;
Love hath his gentle will;
Though hearts have bled, and tears have burned,
The river floweth unconcerned.
We pray the fickle flag of truce
Still float deceitfully and fair;
Our eyes must love its sweet abuse;
This hour we will not care,
Though just beyond to-morrow's gate,
Arrayed and strong, the battle wait.
Armistice by Sophie Jewett is fitting ...
The water sings along our keel,
The wind falls to a whispering breath;
I look into your eyes and feel
No fear of life or death;
So near is love, so far away
The losing strife of yesterday.
We watch the swallow skim and dip;
Some magic bids the world be still;
Life stands with finger upon lip;
Love hath his gentle will;
Though hearts have bled, and tears have burned,
The river floweth unconcerned.
We pray the fickle flag of truce
Still float deceitfully and fair;
Our eyes must love its sweet abuse;
This hour we will not care,
Though just beyond to-morrow's gate,
Arrayed and strong, the battle wait.
"There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.” ~ Erwin Lutzer
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ORIGINAL: warspite1
Quite so:
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
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A day to reflect and remember.
[font="Tahoma"]Our lives may be more boring than those who lived in apocalyptic times,
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
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A huge thanks to our Canadian War Veterans and those of the world who fought for whatever side they felt was right or their national duty!
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ORIGINAL: radic202
A huge thanks to our Canadian War Veterans and those of the world who fought for whatever side they felt was right or their national duty!
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Well put sir!!
[font="Tahoma"]Our lives may be more boring than those who lived in apocalyptic times,
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
- ilovestrategy
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Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow army dogs, jarheads, squids, and propeller heads. (jarhead here)
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Right back at you Ma-rine.[;)] Regular Army here.
ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy
Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow army dogs, jarheads, squids, and propeller heads. (jarhead here)
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"They shall not grow old as we that are left shall grow old"
"Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw
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U.S. Peace Corps here. (Haha, the irony.)ORIGINAL: Titanwarrior89
Right back at you Ma-rine.[;)] Regular Army here.
ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy
Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow army dogs, jarheads, squids, and propeller heads. (jarhead here)
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But proud father of a jarhead, too. And son of a Screaming Eagle from WWII.
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"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
Thank you to all our veterans and those of our allies through the years.
Regards,
- Erik
Thank you to all our veterans and those of our allies through the years.
Regards,
- Erik
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Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
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A big thank you to all who gave something, especially those who gave everything so that we could have anything.
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God Bleess all, who gave their all, for such is the price of freedom. AMEN
"As Pogo said, 'We have met the enemy and he is us' "
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I envy you guys. We don't have anything like a vet day here in Germany. My only remembrance is a wedding picture of grandpa in uniform.
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ORIGINAL: Lützow
I envy you guys. We don't have anything like a vet day here in Germany. My only remembrance is a wedding picture of grandpa in uniform.
Can you post that? I'd be honored to see it and that's no joke.
After 16 years, Civ II still has me in it's clutches LOL!!!
Now CIV IV has me in it's evil clutches!
Now CIV IV has me in it's evil clutches!
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The image is from 1933. In the middle are my grandparents Karl and Marie. In his civilian profession grandpa was an architect, working for the Reichsbahn, building bridges and teaching students. After outbreak of war he first became a Wehrmacht liaison-officer in Colonels rank and later volunteered to the Waffen SS. He was KIA in early 1945 in Pomerania. The guy at the outmost right in HJ uniform is my grand uncle Ernst who died in 1992. He attended the Westfeldzug and Barbarossa in Panzergruppe Guderian. It was him who introduced me into the East Front.
As a little anecdote aside, Grandma was displaced from Warthegau in 1945. She fortunately still got a train spot with her kids to Western Germany and later lived near Fulda in the American occupation zone. After defeat a GI patrol came along when she just had dinner and the officer asked if she was hosting SS members. Grandma, who never learned English, understood something about essen (what means to eat in German) and answered 'yes'. The soldiers searched the whole house, but of course couldn't find anybody. When the patrol was gone, she disposed grandpa's black uniform and dagger which were hidden under coals in the cellar. So the only keepsakes I got 30 years later were his knapsack and this image.
As a little anecdote aside, Grandma was displaced from Warthegau in 1945. She fortunately still got a train spot with her kids to Western Germany and later lived near Fulda in the American occupation zone. After defeat a GI patrol came along when she just had dinner and the officer asked if she was hosting SS members. Grandma, who never learned English, understood something about essen (what means to eat in German) and answered 'yes'. The soldiers searched the whole house, but of course couldn't find anybody. When the patrol was gone, she disposed grandpa's black uniform and dagger which were hidden under coals in the cellar. So the only keepsakes I got 30 years later were his knapsack and this image.
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Fascinating picture Lutzow.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
[font="Tahoma"]Our lives may be more boring than those who lived in apocalyptic times,
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
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warspite1ORIGINAL: Lützow
The image is from 1933. In the middle are my grandparents Karl and Marie. In his civilian profession grandpa was an architect, working for the Reichsbahn, building bridges and teaching students. After outbreak of war he first became a Wehrmacht liaison-officer in Colonels rank and later volunteered to the Waffen SS. He was KIA in early 1945 in Pomerania. The guy at the outmost right in HJ uniform is my grand uncle Ernst who died in 1992. He attended the Westfeldzug and Barbarossa in Panzergruppe Guderian. It was him who introduced me into the East Front.
As a little anecdote aside, Grandma was displaced from Warthegau in 1945. She fortunately still got a train spot with her kids to Western Germany and later lived near Fulda in the American occupation zone. After defeat a GI patrol came along when she just had dinner and the officer asked if she was hosting SS members. Grandma, who never learned English, understood something about essen (what means to eat in German) and answered 'yes'. The soldiers searched the whole house, but of course couldn't find anybody. When the patrol was gone, she disposed grandpa's black uniform and dagger which were hidden under coals in the cellar. So the only keepsakes I got 30 years later were his knapsack and this image.
Yes Lützow, thanks for sharing. Wow. I have something not disimilar - i.e. a large family gathering from a wedding in London taken in the mid-thirties. Nothing very different (although a distinct lack of uniforms in the London picture!). But my picture - and yours posted above - immediately brings to mind the same thought though. I wonder what happened to these people? What are their stories from the monumental events soon to be visited upon them?
Isn't history fascinating?
Now Maitland, now's your time!
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
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Thanks for sharing the photo. Many of our German wargamers have family stories etc, but I think they feel they can't talk about them. Which is a shame. WW1 and WW2 many, many men and women died on both sides and their sacrifice needs to be remembered just as much as the victors.