It makes no sense that we send our best off to die in battle.
I often used to look at the memorials in small towns in Australia and it wasn’t unusual to see two or three brothers from the same family listed among the dead.
It tore the heart out of those little places.
Same here ever since the Revolution,all the small towns along the wagon trails and railroads sent their sons off to war,consider the USS Juneau-
“The Sullivans were not the only brother sailors on board the ship. There were at least thirty pairs of brothers including the four Rogers brothers from New Haven, Connecticut. Before the ill-fated Savo Island operation two of the Rogers were transferred to other commands. According to those who survived, had the ship returned to port safely at least two Sullivans would have also transferred.”
My great aunt lost a husband, brother and two sons in the two WW’s. I never heard her complain once and she supported the local Moth (Memorial Order of the Tin Hat – a South African order founded after WW1) religiously.
In St. Albans we have street memorials from WWI. So many families. So much heartbreak. We share more than a language with you good folk down under.
I just attended the local dawn service. Politics and virtue-signalling PC drivel, national anthem in maori first, no prayer and an inconsiderate cow allowing her brat to bang loudly on playground equipment. And the prick giving the keynote address wasn’t introduced, didn’t have the manners to introduce himself and managed to drag Christchurch into it.
The guard of honour was impeccable, although I fail to see why it required a soldier and a female dressed as a soldier to lay the Army wreath.
It had stuff-all to do with simply honouring the dead.
We won’t see their like again.
It makes no sense that we send our best off to die in battle.
I often used to look at the memorials in small towns in Australia and it wasn’t unusual to see two or three brothers from the same family listed among the dead.
It tore the heart out of those little places.
Same here ever since the Revolution,all the small towns along the wagon trails and railroads sent their sons off to war,consider the USS Juneau-
https://www.b-29s-over-korea.com/SullivanBrothers/FiveSullivanBrothers.html
“The Sullivans were not the only brother sailors on board the ship. There were at least thirty pairs of brothers including the four Rogers brothers from New Haven, Connecticut. Before the ill-fated Savo Island operation two of the Rogers were transferred to other commands. According to those who survived, had the ship returned to port safely at least two Sullivans would have also transferred.”
My great aunt lost a husband, brother and two sons in the two WW’s. I never heard her complain once and she supported the local Moth (Memorial Order of the Tin Hat – a South African order founded after WW1) religiously.
ANZAC Tribute-
https://youtu.be/7VY2u67mENE
In St. Albans we have street memorials from WWI. So many families. So much heartbreak. We share more than a language with you good folk down under.
I just attended the local dawn service. Politics and virtue-signalling PC drivel, national anthem in maori first, no prayer and an inconsiderate cow allowing her brat to bang loudly on playground equipment. And the prick giving the keynote address wasn’t introduced, didn’t have the manners to introduce himself and managed to drag Christchurch into it.
The guard of honour was impeccable, although I fail to see why it required a soldier and a female dressed as a soldier to lay the Army wreath.
It had stuff-all to do with simply honouring the dead.