I know what I'm doing tomorrow, how about you ?

uncleg

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ElsiDawson

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Im not proud of our missions as of the Bushes (prez) controlling UN crap .
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You don't have to agree with the politics to appreciate someone risking their life for their country.

Thank you, Vet. I'll pour one out for your buddy too.
 

Jethro Bodine

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Like usual I will be attending a ceremony to pay tribute to those who’s sacrificed for our freedom. Then I usually drop by my Mom’s and we have drink and toast her uncles who both lost their lives in WW II. The were both gunners on bombers.
This year will also be a bit more important as my nephew is now is the Cdn Armed Forces.
Lest we forget.
J
 

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It's important to honour those who gave so much for us. I'll accompany my 97 year old aunt, a veteran.
 

uncleg

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Corym

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My grandfather lost his life in the Pacific War.

I never met him since I was never born but Thank-you for your sacrifice.

Taking today to reflect on what we have and those who lost their lives for it.

Cory
 

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My mom had a brother who shortly after joining up was shipped off to Hong Kong eventually became a POW but did not live out the war RIP Uncle M
 

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The Dead and Not Dead

During our reflections on our war dead, a friend raised her concerns about the many who survived war physically, but not mentally. They seem to be forgotten. Her brother served in Viet Nam, and physically survived, but his life was ruined thanks to PDST. He said he knew he would go to heaven, because he had already been to hell. We seem to honour the dead, and the veterans, but not this group of "survivors".
 

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Today was a remarkable day of Remembrance in ceremony and parade for those who died, those who came back and those who have suffered greatly due to service. Lest We Forget. Amen.
 

rlock

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This reminds me: I think next year may be the last in which WW2 tends to dominate the discussion. After that, I expect the often-overlooked Korean War to get at least a few years in the spotlight, so long as our vets from that war are still alive.

Anyways, I was able to check out a local Rememberance Day event this year.
 

80watts

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I know there are WW2 and Korean Veterans, but the younger Veterans from Afghanistan are there too, with still alot of them serving in the Forces today. The spotlight for the Afghanistan Veterans is the mental aspect of their trauma with has come to more light in the press then WW2 or the Korean War. Maybe I see it as the older Veterans being more hardy (from coming through the great depression, and most coming from rural areas), whereas today our troops come from the kinder gentler side of life we have nowadays. But then again the combat is different today then in WW2/Korea with IED/roadside bombs in unexpected areas (thought to be safe) as opposed to the closer to the front (the danger is in WW2).
There is a Netflick doc (in colour) of WW2. The director put some insights into the coverage of the war, not normally seen. One was in the Battle of Brittan, where the RAF pilots could relax and have a pint in the local village pub, whereas the German pilots (in occupied France) did not have a friendly place to drink....

One thing mentioned in an American Civil War doc and the beginning of WW1, and in WW2 the German advance into Russia, was that the people in charge were saying it was only going to last a few weeks.....

The resilience of people to go endure hardships for long lengths of time is a fact.
 

rlock

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One thing mentioned in an American Civil War doc and the beginning of WW1, and in WW2 the German advance into Russia, was that the people in charge were saying it was only going to last a few weeks.....
It's usually the case that those who launch a war make an unrealistic case for how easy it will be. Whether that's because they really believe it will be easy, or whether that's just the sales pitch to a gullible public, is the real question.
 

jgg

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Today’s PTSD is yesterday’s shell shock.
 
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