Today, 90 years ago

limkol · 11-11-08, 09:20 AM

My respect to you for remembering the people who experienced those terrible times. People like you and me. It could have been you and I pointing bayonettes at each other. It could have been us that lost brothers, fathers, friends. It could have been us that came back suffering from the horrors of shell shock or mutilated or lame or dead.
The war to end all wars they said. They gave themselves, in the hope that it would be the war to end all wars.
My Grandfather was there with the Royal Irish Fusileers, Machine Gun Corps. He came back. Many were not so lucky.

Biggles · 11-11-08, 09:52 AM

Least we forget...

SteamWake · 11-11-08, 09:56 AM

I thank God for their service and sacrifice and I thank them as well.

<Salute>

Leave it to Skybird to make a debate out of a tribute thread.

11-11-08, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by limkol

My respect to you for remembering the people who experienced those terrible times. People like you and me. It could have been you and I pointing bayonettes at each other. It could have been us that lost brothers, fathers, friends. It could have been us that came back suffering from the horrors of shell shock or mutilated or lame or dead.
The war to end all wars they said. They gave themselves, in the hope that it would be the war to end all wars.
My Grandfather was there with the Royal Irish Fusileers, Machine Gun Corps. He came back. Many were not so lucky.

I so agree to you. And that makes it even more mind boggling. World war I was pointless beyond words. But given what happend back then, especially christmas 1914, just shows that these soldiers were young ppl like you and me. But it were the politicians driving them to war, making sure such activitites on christmas would not happen again.

So in the spirit of the weeks to come, take this to heart:

11-11-08, 09:52 AM	#2
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Least we forget... __________________

11-11-08, 09:20 AM	#1
limkol XO Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: looking in the bilge for a bottle opener Posts: 416 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	My respect to you for remembering the people who experienced those terrible times. People like you and me. It could have been you and I pointing bayonettes at each other. It could have been us that lost brothers, fathers, friends. It could have been us that came back suffering from the horrors of shell shock or mutilated or lame or dead. The war to end all wars they said. They gave themselves, in the hope that it would be the war to end all wars. My Grandfather was there with the Royal Irish Fusileers, Machine Gun Corps. He came back. Many were not so lucky.

11-11-08, 09:56 AM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I thank God for their service and sacrifice and I thank them as well. <Salute> Leave it to Skybird to make a debate out of a tribute thread.