KB Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Today in Australia and New Zealand we commemorate the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipoli on 25 April. What was supposed to be a quick military strike dragged out to an eight month battle which in the end saw the loss of more than 8,000 Australian and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers. In Flanders’ Fields In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders’ Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders’ Fields. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrippa Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 A raised glass and an abundance of respect for perhaps the toughest soldiers that took part in WWI, from here at the other side of the globe. Perhaps more than anybody's, their service truly extended above and beyond the call of duty. Long may their sacrifice be remembered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lest we forget. Offshore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carl Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 It is always time to remember these brave young men who are now all gone from us, whether they survived the initial campaign or not. They were all far better than their commanders on the scene, and that has been a problem for young men over time. And today, unfortunately, it has been made into some sort of a dispute between Australia and New Zealand as to which did what and I cannot understand the dispute. Both countries went to the extremity for their empire and did it again in the next war. Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Closing in on one hundred years later there are of course no surviving soldiers alive today, yet the crowds at the dawn services grow larger and larger by the year. All they asked is that we not forget the sacrifice they made and happily we have not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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