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To: abishai

F’ing horrible situation. And thank God we didn’t face this horror.

One of, if not my most, prized possessions is my great grandfather’s ring hand carved from a spent shell that had a simple engraving of “Ypres” upon the brass which he made in the trenches. He was in the Canadian forces (from Scotland)that got the first blast of German gas during the Ypres salient. Pictures to follow if requested.

I am also a bagpiper and play the tunes of the troops from “the great war” and can barely compose myself.

It doesn’t matter what side you were on in “the great war.” It was all f’in horrible.


16 posted on 02/22/2016 12:29:49 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic
Pictures to follow if requested.

PLEASE!!!

29 posted on 02/22/2016 12:00:33 PM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Organic Panic
My Grandfather was gassed at Ypers in 1915 with the Canadians.
34 posted on 02/22/2016 6:09:50 PM PST by Little Bill (o)
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To: Organic Panic

I’d love to see the pictures.

Thanks in advance.

L


35 posted on 02/22/2016 6:14:57 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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