Author Topic: Let us remember them (Read 322 times)

qts · « **on:** November 11, 2000, 04:55:00 AM »

It's 11:00 on the 11th day of the 11th month.

Let us remember.

Replicant · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2000, 05:24:00 AM »

Salute to those past and present...

'Nexx'

Dowding · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2000, 11:44:00 AM »

Agreed.

Perhaps its time for a British government to recover the remains of all airman shot down over Europe, like the US did. It's a national disgrace that they are left there simply because it would cost a little money to bring them back.

Replicant · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2000, 12:19:00 PM »

Agree Dowding, especially after reading that some 'collectors' in Belgium are digging up the old trenches to find weapons, uniforms, badges etc., just to sell on the black market. If that wasn't bad enough then they don't even report the grave and any chance of identifying the body is lost!

'Nexx'

Dowding · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2000, 06:40:00 PM »

I sometimes think that what makes war so god-awful, is the way veterans are treated and how memoribilia becomes 'collectible'.

The story of grave-robbing is pretty damned sick.

Eagler · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2000, 11:44:00 PM »

<S> Veterans <S>

Eagler