Attack on Darwin commemorated

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/Nation...733648281.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

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Originally Posted by TarJak

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/Nation...733648281.html

Max respect.

Also the 62nd anniversary of the US Marines invasion of Iwo Jima. 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.

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

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Originally Posted by Letum

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

(and I work for the bastards)

TarJak · 02-20-07, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kurtz

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

(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.

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