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There is no doubt when Don Cherry and elderly old stock Canadians, so detested by the left, are gone Remembrance Day will be no more A few things occurred in the lead up to the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies this year. These events are proof positive the day set aside for those who fought for Canada, many making the ultimate sacrifice, is on the way out. During these times it is simply too politically incorrect to honour the country’s military. The major occurrence was what Don Cherry, former hockey player, NHL coach and Canada’s number one patriot said on...

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Yesterday I was in Dandenong, a city/suburb towards the South East edge of Melbourne. The Dandenong RSL (Returned and Services League of Australia - may be roughly considered to be the Australian equivalent of something like the VFW or American Legion in the US) is the site of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial of Victoria. It's quite a small memorial, but quite an impressive one, and I decided to take some photos to share with other people. These were taken using the small and not particularly wonderful camera on my cell phone. At some point, I intend to head out there...

A BAGPIPE plays Waltzing Matilda and the old soldiers step forward again. The streets are lined with people clapping, although their eyes search the ranks for veterans, rather than those who march to honour them. From Byron Bay to Baghdad, it was a day for memories and mateship, hymns and morning prayer, but also a celebration of what it is to be Australian. As the first rays of sun struggled to break through the clouds over Australia's most easterly point at Byron Bay, World War II veteran Ken Rogers, 85, traded memories with Vietnam veteran David Lawrence, 71. Mr Rogers...

THOUSANDS of people have braved a wet morning around the nation to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country at the Anzac Day dawn service. Masses assembled at the Cenotaph at Martin Place in Sydney just before 4.30am (AEST) for the ceremony to mark the ill-fated landing at Gallipoli 92 years ago. War veterans were in attendance, but the early morning crowd was a predominantly young one. The crowd stood huddled beneath a sea of umbrellas as the sometimes heavy rain fell throughout the service. Naval Commander of Australia, Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas, said the Anzac story...

GRAEME Kerford was only 19 when a marble representing his date of birth was plucked from a barrel, sending him to war in Vietnam. After a year based at Nui Dat, the conscripted soldier returned home to be spat on. Today, Mr Kerford was among more than 1000 veterans, their families and members of the Vietnamese community, to witness the opening of Australia's first museum dedicated to their war. "It means the world to me," Mr Kerford said. Mr Kerford, a machine gunner, travelled to the new National Vietnam Veterans Museum on Phillip Island in Victoria's southeast from his home...

THE name of Private Jake Kovco, who was shot dead in his Baghdad barracks in April, has been added to the Australian War Memorial's roll of honour. The war memorial today announced the addition of Pte Kovco's name, and that of SAS Warrant Officer David Nary who died during a training exercise in the Middle East last year. The two names have been added to more than 102,000 others on the official list of Australia's war dead. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said both soldiers' names were etched into the memorial's granite wall during a private ceremony this morning attended by...

AT the national war memorial in Canberra, at Flemington racetrack and in cities across the country and around the world, Australians have paused to remember those killed in war. A minute's silence was held in services throughout Australia at 11am to remember the sacrifice of those who died. The time marks the minute of the hour of the day the armistice to end World War I was signed. Prime Minister John Howard, the Governor-General Michael Jeffery and Defence Minister Brendan Nelson attended a memorial service in Canberra, at which the names of two Australians killed in Iraq were unveiled on...

AN Army bugler sounded Last Post, old men saluted, and a true Anzac hero was officially farewelled in a windswept corner of Fawkner cemetery yesterday morning. For more than 50 years, Captain Edward Renata Mahunga "Tip" Broughton has lain in an abandoned, bare grave at Fawkner. He died intestate, aged 70, in 1955. Until yesterday, a weather-beaten bronze plaque was the only marker on the cracked grey clay of Tip Broughton's final resting place. The marker recorded that it had been placed by "the ex members of the 8th AEC, AMF -- mainly Dunera Boys -- in cherished memory of...

Bloody Scheldt battle key to ending war: Canadians paid terrible price when German-fortified peninsula forgotten too long The Edmonton Journal Fri 11 Nov 2005 Lorne Gunter Attacking across flat, open ground against a well-armed enemy who has direct orders to defend his position and has dug himself in on the only high ground around is a next-to-impossible task in war. Attacking him while your own units are tired and undermanned is tougher still. But using cold, tired troops to attack a fortified enemy across open terrain that narrows into a shooting gallery and is thigh-deep in mud is impossible....

One display traces the evolution of the canteen from a pre-Civil war wooden flask to the metal of WWII to the plastic of Desert Storm. Another shows a death mask of President Lincoln. Others show off dozens of weapons, from musket to machine gun, along with hundreds of other artifacts, helping round out an impressive military collection at the Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum & Memorial. Trouble is, many people are unaware of just what the memorial is, even as it prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, said Ron Gancas, chief operating officer. Some people who had their graduation...

Lest we forget. It's a 7 meg downlosd, but I have never watched it dry eyed. Lest We Forget