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VANDOO · 11th November 2011, 01:48 AM

A PARTICULLARY TERRIBLE WAR WITH THE REEKING BLOOD FILLED TRENCHES AND POISON GAS, BUT THEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD OR NICE WAR.
THE WW1 VETS ARE ALMOST ALL GONE NOW THE LAST FEW WERE AROUND 110 YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER TALKING TO A FEW WHEN I WAS A KID AND SOME WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE EVEN THEN AS SOME HAD BEEN GASSED.
WE ALL OWE THESE WARRORS A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS THEY MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE AT GREAT PERSONEL SACRIFICE IN THE PAST AND TODAYS WARRIORS STILL DO.

Pukka Bundook · 13th November 2011, 02:30 PM

Vandoo,

Back home in England as a bairn, one would see these old lads sitting on park benches in awful shape as you say,....gassed, bits missing, deaf as posts very often.
In a way, I think the "lucky" ones were the ones to be snuffed outright.
I often think of my Grandma's brother Will, (Gunner, RFA& RHA) killed in 1918.
He didn't grow old, so is remembered as he was, not a frail old chap.
We have 3 laid in France, and one still on-board HMS Hood, from round 2.

"Age shall not weary them, or the years condemn...." seems most fitting.

11th November 2011, 01:48 AM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A PARTICULLARY TERRIBLE WAR WITH THE REEKING BLOOD FILLED TRENCHES AND POISON GAS, BUT THEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD OR NICE WAR. THE WW1 VETS ARE ALMOST ALL GONE NOW THE LAST FEW WERE AROUND 110 YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER TALKING TO A FEW WHEN I WAS A KID AND SOME WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE EVEN THEN AS SOME HAD BEEN GASSED. WE ALL OWE THESE WARRORS A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS THEY MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE AT GREAT PERSONEL SACRIFICE IN THE PAST AND TODAYS WARRIORS STILL DO.

13th November 2011, 02:30 PM	#2
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Vandoo, Back home in England as a bairn, one would see these old lads sitting on park benches in awful shape as you say,....gassed, bits missing, deaf as posts very often. In a way, I think the "lucky" ones were the ones to be snuffed outright. I often think of my Grandma's brother Will, (Gunner, RFA& RHA) killed in 1918. He didn't grow old, so is remembered as he was, not a frail old chap. We have 3 laid in France, and one still on-board HMS Hood, from round 2. "Age shall not weary them, or the years condemn...." seems most fitting.