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Post subject: REMEMBERANCE SUNDAY
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:27 am
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Watching the ceremony earlier for our heroes from WW2. Where would we be without these people who fought for us all those years ago. Both sides of the Atlantic we owe a real debt. A noted Russian philosopher under the communist regime said 'freedom of speech is only important to those who dont enjoy freedom of thought'. We owe it to these heroes that we have both. Remember em this week please, most of us know one or even two. Drop in on them and check their OK, its the least they deserve.


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god bless all our men and women who have served our countries.and a thanks to all currently serving


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Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '


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God bless our men and women in uniform both past and present and the sacrifices they've made for freedom.

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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:34 am
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Watching the ceremony earlier for our heroes from WW2. Where would we be without these people who fought for us all those years ago. Both sides of the Atlantic we owe a real debt. A noted Russian philosopher under the communist regime said 'freedom of speech is only important to those who dont enjoy freedom of thought'. We owe it to these heroes that we have both. Remember em this week please, most of us know one or even two. Drop in on them and check their OK, its the least they deserve.


Ditto: to the nines :!:

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Rhumba wrote:
Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '


Rhumba, My partners Grandad was also at the normandy landings, he was shot in the shoulder and rescued by squad collegues. He still has the bullet too. He signed up at 16 and is 86 now.
My grandfather was a royal engineer too and stationed in burma on the salvage or destroy missions behind enemy lines. He returned from the war but died in the 60's before i was born so my knowledge of him is sketchy at best.
They were a different breed in those days, we wont see their like again.


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nikininja wrote:
Rhumba wrote:
Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '


Rhumba, My partners Grandad was also at the normandy landings, he was shot in the shoulder and rescued by squad collegues. He still has the bullet too. He signed up at 16 and is 86 now.
My grandfather was a royal engineer too and stationed in burma on the salvage or destroy missions behind enemy lines. He returned from the war but died in the 60's before i was born so my knowledge of him is sketchy at best.
They were a different breed in those days, we wont see their like again.


It's ok I won't bang on but I had an uncle who was in Burma and he got Malaria, just as the war ended ( A bit of a bummer eh? ) Anyway he didn't die there but he had to wait for a long while, until he had recovered before he could come home. I've been told a lot of stories from relatives, who were there but I won't go on. Like you said ' They were a different breed '


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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:52 pm
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Have an uncle, 96, who was serving on the second 'USS Houston' during WWII when she was also torpedoed in the Pacific. He survived w/o incident. Spent a good part of his life earning his way as a drummer.

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Lets just not forget to keep on remembering


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Rhumba wrote:
Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '



god bless him.

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StRaT_MaN wrote:
Rhumba wrote:
Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '



god bless him.



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Rhumba wrote:
StRaT_MaN wrote:
Rhumba wrote:
Well, my father is still with us, he is 85 years old now.
He fought for our freedom in WW11 and as a point of interest he was involved in the Normandy landings, also known as D.Day.
He served with the Royal Engineers and his unit, along with many others, landed with the Canadians on Juno beach. However the particular landing craft he was on, ran onto one of those obstacle mines that were submerged just off the beach and he ended up in the sea.
His leg was injured but he managed to paddle his way to shore and then a mate, who had also survived that, helped him off the beach to a medical tent.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he recovered from his injuries and continued with the allied armies up through Europe and I think I have to mention it. ' Saw a lot of things, we, thankfully, don't have to see ' A lot of his friends didn't come home and it is right that we forever ' Remember Them '



god bless him.



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Compared to most of those who have gone before me, my combat experience has been a piece of cake. My highest gratitude to those who have lost their lives, those who have combat wounds, and ALL those who have valiantly served in our military to give us the freedoms that we enjoy.

In the grand scheme of things, my job is just to make sure that the little red button works as advertised and makes the bad guy go boom when it gets pushed. An extremely minor contribution in comparison to the heroes of the past. I'm humbled and honored when people consider me worthy of being counted among them.

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Compared to most of those who have gone before me, my combat experience has been a piece of cake. My highest gratitude to those who have lost their lives, those who have combat wounds, and ALL those who have valiantly served in our military to give us the freedoms that we enjoy.

In the grand scheme of things, my job is just to make sure that the little red button works as advertised and makes the bad guy go boom when it gets pushed. An extremely minor contribution in comparison to the heroes of the past. I'm proud to serve with them yet I'm humbled and honored when people consider me worthy of being counted among them.

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