Armistice Day

Fawlty · 11-11-2016, 10:49 AM

Always remember those who gave. Read about this man and it will be hard to ever forget. We are very lucky today.

https://www.instapaper.com/read/805489170

Water Warrior 2 · 11-11-2016, 01:04 PM

Thank you Fawlty. Stories like this one make me feel very small and undeserving compared to the Vets who were willing to give their all to provide future generations with a free world to live in. Thank You for Your Service is not near enough for those who served.

burkbuilds · 11-12-2016, 12:18 AM

Wow, what an amazing man and story. Thank you for sharing it with us.

alantf · 11-12-2016, 06:02 AM

Yesterday (when fawlty posted) was special in another respect. The anniversary of the end of the first world war, in 1918..... The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In England we wear poppies to symbolise the fields full of poppies that dominated the fields of France, where the murderous battles took place..... A reminder of the MILLIONS who were killed.

11-11-2016, 10:49 AM	#1
Fawlty Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Murcia, Spain Posts: 683	Armistice Day Always remember those who gave. Read about this man and it will be hard to ever forget. We are very lucky today. https://www.instapaper.com/read/805489170 __________________ "It begins here for me on this road. How the whole mess happened I don't know, but I know it couldn't happen again in a million years." (Johnny Strabbler-The Wild One 1953) Login or Register to Remove Ads
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burkbuilds Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shannon, Georgia Posts: 1,268	Wow, what an amazing man and story. Thank you for sharing it with us. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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11-12-2016, 06:02 AM	#4
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,719	Yesterday (when fawlty posted) was special in another respect. The anniversary of the end of the first world war, in 1918..... The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In England we wear poppies to symbolise the fields full of poppies that dominated the fields of France, where the murderous battles took place..... A reminder of the MILLIONS who were killed. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman.
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11-11-2016, 01:04 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Thank you Fawlty. Stories like this one make me feel very small and undeserving compared to the Vets who were willing to give their all to provide future generations with a free world to live in. Thank You for Your Service is not near enough for those who served.
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