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I hope you all just did your two mins of silence (pg. 2)
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders.
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i think it varies largely from culture to culture as well
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| kotsy |
I was completely silent but I was also asleep. I think this it the first year I haven't worn a poppie and that is because I literally have not come across anyone selling them this year :(
Lest we forget... |
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| jon jon |
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| Dr. Z |
| i didn't, am i an ? |
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| English Rachel |
| Rachel Finan is very grateful to be free and safe. Those two minutes always send me into a spiral of gratitude and tears. I hope for peace in my lifetime, with all my heart. |
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| Stilez |
This is no ordinary reading of "In Flanders Fields." The three people narrating are all World War II Veterans, for whom this poem has special significance. (Nov. 9, 2007)
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| djdevon |
my Grandfather was on Juno Beach but doesn't speak about it... all I heard about his experience in WWII is from my mom. thankful, especially today, for those who fight for our country.
also how fortunate we are |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by djdevon
my Grandfather was on Juno Beach but doesn't speak about it... all I heard about his experience in WWII is from my mom. thankful, especially today, for those who fight for our country.
also how fortunate we are |
My grandfather also landed on Juno beach where his closest friend was promptly shot and a fragment of the bullet that killed his friend exited his friend and tore his knee open. He continued to fight and eventually made it off the beach despite dragging his right leg and suffering a life long impairment. |
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| VERTiG0 |
I sure did.
The grandpa that I knew (dad's dad died in '76, before I was born) wouldn't talk about any of the fighting, but he told us all about when the Allies dropped supplies just outside of Den Burg, in Texel (island off the coast of the Netherlands) and most of it was peanut butter. He wouldn't eat peanut butter til the day he died.
He told us he took part in the Georgian Uprising there too. His reasoning for coming here to Canada was the friendliness and help the Canadian troops showed to them when they finally arrived. |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
My grandfather also landed on Juno beach where his closest friend was promptly shot and a fragment of the bullet that killed his friend exited his friend and tore his knee open. He continued to fight and eventually made it off the beach despite dragging his right leg and suffering a life long impairment. |
I consider you very lucky to have someone like that in your life. I'd enjoy meeting your grandfather very much... |
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