Hi CJ...I like you too ;-)
my grandfather and his twin brother served in the New Zealand army, thankfully they never saw a day of combat in WWII but they were the first group of people into Hiroshima after the japanese surrended.
My grandfather's brother was a photographer so we had some shots over Hiroshima, the people.
Heather at Gallipoli Cove, Turkey where our men fought the turks, there is a huge sandstone memorial erected by the King of Turkey (I believe) in the 1920's. It celebrated the sacrifice by both Australia and Turkey, the king said it was a tribute to Australia, a country that was so far away to send her men (fathers, brothers, uncles, sons) to fight the war.
There is a great legend we always hear about on ANZAC day about how an Australian got lost in the middle of the night and ran into a Turk in a small gully on the front line, they sat down shared a hello & a smoke and went back to their trenches. Mateship even in war.
btw - Heather are you a mel gibson fan?
Last edited by meatloaf at Mar 30 2003, 10:55 PM
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