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TarJak
02-19-07, 10:00 PM
The 65th anniversary of the heaviest and most deadly Japanese air raid on Australian soil took place today 19th Feb in Darwin:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Darwin-commemorates-bombing-anniversary/2007/02/19/1171733648281.html
bookworm_020
02-19-07, 10:58 PM
Quite a few places got hit with air raids up north. It helped the Government create the highway between Adeliade and Darwin. Before that the road treck was something out of a nightmare!!
The Avon Lady
02-20-07, 02:17 AM
The 65th anniversary of the heaviest and most deadly Japanese air raid on Australian soil took place today 19th Feb in Darwin:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Darwin-commemorates-bombing-anniversary/2007/02/19/1171733648281.html
Max respect.

Also the 62nd anniversary of the US Marines invasion of Iwo Jima (http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/iwo_jima/iwo.html). 36 days later, over 6800 of them had died in conquering the island and Japan was on its last leg prior to defeat and surrender.

May their memories be blessed.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9334/iwo20jimagk2.jpg
Letum
02-20-07, 03:12 AM
There was me thinking this was a religion vs science topic. ;)
kurtz
02-20-07, 04:21 AM
There was me thinking this was a religion vs science topic. ;)
:rotfl:

Gotta note the media agenda..."Darwin got bombed in the war can we have our terrorist back out of gitmo"...I've never been able to work out how they connect things:nope:

(and I work for the bastards)
TarJak
02-20-07, 05:26 AM
Gotta note the media agenda..."Darwin got bombed in the war can we have our terrorist back out of gitmo"...I've never been able to work out how they connect things:nope:

(and I work for the bastards)

Never underestimate the media's ability to make connections where none exist.

I gotta admit to being disappointed to see some of the editorial crap creeping into what should have been a straightforward memorial story.:nope: