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  • Remembrance Day Nov 11

    Remembrance Day is Fri Nov 11.

    The link is to a music video that was released here in Canada in 2000. The song is called "A Pittance in Time" in English and the French version is "C'est si peu de temps".

    Whether your country has troops or peacekeepers overseas this is a good reminder why we should never forget.

    Just click on the video link (hope it doesn't take too long). My computer took about 10 min. Maybe somebody can figure out a quicker way.


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    At 11am on 11 November 1918 the armistice that ended World War I.
    The war to end all wars..................................................................................
    My contribution to JetPhotos

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    • #3
      Tomorrow is officially Veteran's Day here in the United States, and it is sad that to some people that only means a day off from work or school. We should all spend some time reflecting why we have Veteran's Days, or Remembrance Days in other countries.
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          10 kids at my school laughed or spoke during the 2 min of scilence that took place...

          they were all suspended...




          *I WILL REMEMBER*

          BoB

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            Does anyone else here have a family member that fought and/or died in The Great World War? My Great grandfather was in the US Army I believe.
            Cheers,
            330

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            • #7
              Originally posted by UsAir330
              Does anyone else here have a family member that fought and/or died in The Great World War? My Great grandfather was in the US Army I believe.
              Cheers,
              330
              Which World War are you talking about? My great grandfather fought in the US Army and died for American and European citizens alike in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, Belgium, WWII. He left behind a wife and children. I will always be proud of his sacrifice and those that other members of my family have made in various other wars...
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              ATL, AUS, BWI, BOS, CHS, CLT, MDW, ORD, CVG, CLE, DFW, DTW, FLL, BDL, HOU, IND, LAS, LAX, LGW, MEM, MIA, MSP, BNA, EWR, MSY, JFK, LGA, ORF, MCO, PHL, PHX, PIT, STL, SLC, TPA, YYZ, DCA and IAD.

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              • #8
                I was reffering to the first, but people who would like to share relatives in any war are more than welcome to.
                CHeers,
                330

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                • #9
                  I had an uncle in the Navy during WWII and another uncle that staid in Canada training troops to go overseas. My grandfather tried to go to WWI but he was underage and got sent home. In WWII they sent him home because he had 13 kids by then and he was not allowed to go.

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                    both my grandfathers were in WWII, one with the Canadian Navy, the other with the Luftwaffe, and I also had a Great-Uncle who was a flight instructor in Winipeg during WWII. Thankfully, they all survived the war.

                    We will always remember!

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                      News from S A for Poppy Day

                      My grandfather and a number of fellow farmers in the Hofmeyer district in the Eastern Cape all volunteered to go "up North" during the last war. Grandad was a warrant officer in the S A Armoured division and was an instructor on Churchill tanks. Along with him was another "fellow farmer" the late Sir Philip Antrobus of Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire (on whose property Stonehenge "resides"). Philip was captured in Torbruk. Prior to his inheritance of Amesbury Abbey, the Abbey was used during WW2 by the Australian Air Force as a convalescence residence. The abbey still has a small section with memorabilia from those days when recovering RAAAF pilots were there. See pic.

                      Amesbury Abbey


                      John Parker, another farmer from the same area was awarded the MC for taking out an axis machine gun nest that was causing "some bother". My grandad was then part of the allied landing that took place in Sicily and then onward to the Italian mainland. While climbing Mt Vesuvius, he witnessed a dogfight between a JU88 and a Spitfire. Japie Kruger, the father of a friend of mine flew (unarmed) recon Spits during WW2 - he was shot down three times and was fortunate to have been able to bale out all three times and finish the war.

                      In 2003 when visiting Duxford, I went on the Battle of Britain tour - our tour guide (and I forget his name) (Dux 75) actually flew in the Battle of Britain as a 19 year old Spitfire pilot - he ended the war flying Typhoon's during the D-Day landings.

                      Vet tour guide see chatting to the chap wearing blue jacket in front of Spitfire




                      OK, that's my contribution from Sunny South Africa - have fun...............
                      RobB

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                        Remember our Freedom guys, Lest We Forget.
                        -Kevin

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                        • #13
                          My grandfather was sent over to Japan, but it was after the war had ended.
                          One of the guys that came up and spoke today at the Veterans Day thing at the elementary we played at said, "The real war heroes are those who don't come home." Everyone immediately knew what he meant.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by herpa2003
                            Tomorrow is officially Veteran's Day here in the United States, and it is sad that to some people that only means a day off from work or school. We should all spend some time reflecting why we have Veteran's Days, or Remembrance Days in other countries.
                            It was sad to see that today was a typical "non-holiday' type of day here at MSP, other than the post offices being closed and no mail delivery. I was surprised to even see the banks open today.
                            Click Here to view my aircraft photos at JetPhotos.Net!

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                            • #15
                              I had to write an exam today. That's worse in many ways

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