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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:11:07 GMT -5
Today November 11th is Remembrance day in Canada so i want to take a moment to remember all the soldiers that died not just for our country but for the world. Descriptions below picture.... All pictures in this first post are of World War 1, other conflicts (of notability) will follow in the order that they have occurred. Description - Men sitting in the trenches. Royal Irish Rifles. Description - Canadian troops assaulting the infamous Vimy Ridge. Description - German Machine Gun Crew. Description - American soldiers of the 132nd and 33rd division in a trench. Edit - I just noticed that i spelled Remembrance Day wrong in the title -.-
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:11:57 GMT -5
World War 2. All Descriptions are below the Pictures. Description - Canadian Troops looking at a german outpost. Description - American soldiers posing for a photograph. Description - British Soldiers in action during the battle of El Alamein
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:12:04 GMT -5
Vietnam War. This will be a short post as the Americans where the primary military force in the Vietname War. All Descriptions are below image. Description - American soldiers walking through a field. Description - American Machine Gun Crew.
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:12:12 GMT -5
Gulf war. Same rule as all the other posts Description - American troops advancing with gas masks and armoured vehicles.
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:12:20 GMT -5
Afghanistan Descriptions below picture..... all pictures in this post are from afghanistan. Description - Canadian troops posing for a photograpgh with the Canadian flag in the background. Description - US troops holding a ridge Description - British forces walking through a town in Afghanistan.
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 12:12:28 GMT -5
Please take 2 minutes of silence and remember all those that have fallen
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 14:59:39 GMT -5
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. They will not die as long as we all remember them and what they did for our country. - Unknown (to me)
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 Mcraie (Canadian field surgeon in the Canadian artillery)
What passing-bells2 for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out3 their hasty orisons.4No mockeries5 now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, – The shrill, demented6 choirs of wailing shells; And bugles7 calling for them from sad shires.8What candles9 may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. The pallor10 of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk11 a drawing-down of blinds (Sir Wilfred Owen - British war poet)
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 11, 2011 22:19:49 GMT -5
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 13, 2011 14:59:37 GMT -5
Please take a moment and share (if you want to) your family stories during the wars and i will add them here. As an example i will add mine.
Blackbolt's story - When my Grandpa was 14 the Germans had just invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. So in order to protect his country he signed up under-aged (he lied about it and since he was husky and appeared bigger than most his age he got in), but as the invasion progressed the army found out that he was under-aged and put him in charge of taking care of the army horses. So while the army fought he took care of the horses and when the Nazis had taken all of Yugoslavia the army of more than 100,000 fled into the mountains and fired on the Nazis until they where liberated. Several attempts to drive the Yugoslavs from the hills failed and when the war was over my grandpa (who had just turned 18) rode the horses down from the mountains to celebrate with the people. He attained the rank of corporal in the Yugoslav army or as it is in Yugoslavia - Desetar which is above Razvodnik and below Mlaði vodnik in rank. He then re-joined the army when he became of age (18 1/2) and made the rank of Vodnik 1. klase (1st Sergeant) he quit the army when my uncle was born in 1955, and moved to Canada 2 years after my dad was born (1957) in 1959, where my aunt was born in 1961. He died in 1992 from a heart attack at the age of 65
Blackbolt's story (2) - My uncle Ron Peacard (My grandma's sisters husband) was born in 1926 and joined the army at the age of 18 in 1945 and was a Ordinary Seaman (a rank believe it or not) but by the time he had finished training he was a Petty Officer 2nd class an amazing 3 ranks ahead of the starting rank (if he had served longer than 1961 (when he retired) he would have been an Admiral or Vice-Admiral). He participated in a convoy that led supplies to Britain and was headed for Japan to assist the Americans (though the role was minor) but the war ended before he set sail from Britain. One of the most memorable quotes he said to me was "While on our way to Britain we hit a storm and that storm was so bloody violent men where throwing up there launch all day, and i stared at the sky in between throwing up and said "god please kill me now", we all hoped that a German or jap bomb would land on our ship right then and there and spare us the misery". He served with the navy until 1961 when he retired at the rank of Commodore (4th highest rank).
Note - With a letter of consent from the parents a person may join the Canadian armed forces at the age of 17, during WW1 & WW2 the minimum age was 18 1/2 but was brought down to 18 by Vietnam.
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 13, 2011 15:52:17 GMT -5
Reserved for forum members stories about family members in army
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 13, 2011 15:52:30 GMT -5
Reserved for forum members stories about family members in army
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 13, 2011 15:52:43 GMT -5
Here people can put pictures of there family members during war time (if they are comfortable doing so). I am currently looking for my pictures and when i find then and add them to my computer i will put them up here.
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Post by Mod Blackbolt on Nov 13, 2011 15:52:59 GMT -5
This last post is commemorating the service of all those who have died in military conflict or who where wounded.
To all 40,000,000 - 72,000,000 casualties of the second world war
To all 15,000,000 - 30,000,000 casualties of the first world war
and to all other csualties of conflict
R.I.P. - L'est We Forget
you may now post.
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