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It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 3:05:24 AM

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Well it's the 25th of April (ANZAC Day) again and none of my fellow Aussies have posted yet. I just hope they are down at their local RSL chatting with the ex-servicemen (always an excellent way of spending the morning).

I've come back from the Dawn service and the vets wearing the medal below are looking awfully frail. Spritely and unbowed but I just hope they will be with us for a few years yet.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 3:47:28 AM

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 4:01:02 AM

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 5:26:22 AM

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Dec 8th 1941? No - that's Dec 7th 1941, come on now I know you guys stand upside-down, but really!

Just joking

HAPPY ANZAC DAY!

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 6:35:37 AM

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Originally posted that it was going to be a sad day when the "greatest generation" is no longer with us. And all that knowledge and wisdom of the vets will be lost forever.

I've always thought that the title was appropriate especially when compared to later generations.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 6:57:11 AM

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Dec 8th 1941? No - that's Dec 7th 1941, come on now I know you guys stand upside-down, but really!

Just joking

Errrr, we're on the other side of the international date line remember.....

(The defence department definitely would not get these things wrong - I'm sure you have dealt with your bureaucrats

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Originally posted that it was going to be a sad day when the "greatest generation" is no longer with us. And all that knowledge and wisdom of the vets will be lost forever.

I have to agree with you there.

They kept trying to offer a chair to the elderly gentleman I was standing behind this morning but he was having nothing of it!! He was determined to stand as proud and and tall as ever.

May they carry on for many more years.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 8:11:46 PM

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Thanks to the Boys Down Under. Long may you stand proud.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/25/2008 8:37:48 PM

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They have our best wishes and our thanks, from both hemispheres.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 12:13:20 AM

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 9:16:40 AM

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Oh, man, does that pic bring back memories! I had armies of Airfix HO scale soldiers, and the (Bachmann's?) armour to go with them. They made for easy dioramas for school projects back then...

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 10:11:20 AM

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Oh, man, does that pic bring back memories! I had armies of Airfix HO scale soldiers, and the (Bachmann's?) armour to go with them. They made for easy dioramas for school projects back then...

Yes I used to have a bunch of those airfix plastic soldiers as well when I was a kid.

Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 11:47:11 AM

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Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

As long as you don't mistake a NZ for an Aussie you'll be ok =)

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 2:55:43 PM

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Originally posted that it was going to be a sad day when the "greatest generation" is no longer with us. And all that knowledge and wisdom of the vets will be lost forever ...

Which is why the Library of Congress started the Veterans History Project, which collects war memorabilia and taped interviews of vets before that happens.

Click this link: http://www.loc.gov/vets/

Fortunately I videotaped my father -- Battle of the Bulge vet -- some years ago, and kept a copy of the interview for myself; he died this February.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 7:43:24 PM

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Yes I used to have a bunch of those airfix plastic soldiers as well when I was a kid.

Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

Well - we were given to believe that Aussie's looked and sang alike

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/26/2008 8:21:54 PM

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Hi all,

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Do you believe that I still have those in my storage... this is exactly the same box I have!

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 1:52:17 AM

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Do you believe that I still have those in my storage... this is exactly the same box I have!

Cool! I had shedloads of them back in the 70's. No idea what ever happened to them. I used to love the box art on the Airfix kits, still do actually. There is a nice site here where you can go and relive your childhood - http://groups.msn.com/airfix/airfixhome.msnw

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 2:10:24 AM

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... Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

And they're all named Bruce.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 2:17:28 AM

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... Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

And they're all named Bruce.

Well, they do kinda remind me of Mel Gibson......

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 2:28:03 AM

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... Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

And they're all named Bruce.

Well, they do kinda remind me of Mel Gibson......

If memory still serves me, there was an old Monty Python skit re some Aussie outback society where all the members seated at the table were alll named Bruce; the Brit audience thought it was very funny, but I'm not sure I got it.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 2:35:27 AM

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If memory still serves me, there was an old Monty Python skit re some Aussie outback society where all the members seated at the table were alll named Bruce; the Brit audience thought it was very funny, but I'm not sure I got it.

I have vague memories of that sketch. I dunno where the idea that all Aussies are called Bruce comes from. Probably the same reason we think of all Germans as being Hans, Russians being Ivan or French being Pierre. Racial stereotypes are a Brit specialality

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/27/2008 2:35:41 AM

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... Those Aussie soldiers look like identical twins, or did they think all Aussies look like that?

And they're all named Bruce.

Well, they do kinda remind me of Mel Gibson......

If memory still serves me, there was an old Monty Python skit re some Aussie outback society where all the members seated at the table were alll named Bruce; the Brit audience thought it was very funny, but I'm not sure I got it.

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RE: It's ANZAC Day again - 4/28/2008 12:27:14 AM

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Well it's a bit late but Happy ANZAC Day to the Aussies!

You know, in regards to the "Greatest Generation", for us it will mean something because they are our Grandparents and Parents. But to future generations? To them, World War II will just be another part of history, as alien to them as the Napoleonic War is to us. If we had relations we knew of in the Napoleonic Era, we'd be saying the same thing, thinking them "The Greatest Generation". I thought about this when the Reverend on November 11th said "we shall never forget." I thought to myself "we won't but future generations will."

It's sad but life does go on.

But you know, the WWII vets are lucky and in a way, so are the vets that fell in both WWII and The Great War. Why you ask? Simple. They'll atleast won't be criticised for what they did like we don't criticise other conflicts. They'll still have a respect in a way. But our generations? We'll always be criticised for our arrogance, our greed, our lifestyles.

Just something I thought of the other day.

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