Kan Win Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) Yours truly Kan Win Edited November 10, 2008 by Kan Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Great post Kan Win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midasthailand Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thanks Kan. We will remember them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5tash Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Our thoughts will be with them. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnsleyman Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yes Kan,Great post,i for one will remember them at the 11th hour,on the 11th day, of the 11th month. Also could anybody tell me if, or where there is a memorial service in Pattaya tomorrow i would be very grateful,thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamat Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thanks for post. The sacrifices made by the valient men in the 1st world war from all over the old commonwealth and others should never be forgotten. We need to remind ourselves just what they gave their lives for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassienie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) My Grandfather. Battle of Mons - 1914. Edited November 10, 2008 by sassienie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassienie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 My Uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thank you for the post. Remembrance Day, or Veteran's day as we call it in the States, is my Grandfather's birthday. He past at the ripe old age of 94 back in 2005. However he left us with some great stories of this era. A heart mummer kept him out of the war but he did his part working for the Bud Company in Philadelphia where he maned the assembly lines that built a number of our Air Craft parts. Now 60 years later, I find my self also supplying our troops at war. I own a small procurement company in Iraq that gets the stuff the Army needs off the local markets and I spend allot of time with the troops. Whatever your political affiliations are....man if you see these men and women over there you can't help but too love them, you can't help but feel for them and want to support them. May the Gods Bless them all, and all who wore that uniform in the past and all that are destined to wear it in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thanks for a worthwhile post. I am ex RAF, never had any excitement unless you count evacuating familys when the Turks invaded Cyprus. One little thing, I would like to ask how you perceive the white poppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track61 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thank you for posting this Kan and thank all of you that have served everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thairab Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We shall remember them. Lest we forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtimeali Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 hi all this something that is very close to my heart, i fancy myself as a bit of a historian, i have travelled to menin gate where they say if you can't find your surname among the names off the missing in action inscribed on the walls your not english, it was a sobering experiance, even without the guns and shells!!!!! may we never forget those brave souls that gave the ultimate sacrafice so that we can live by the principles of freedom. and lets not forget that lives where lost on both sides fighting for what they believed in, right or wrong does not matter, for 20,000,000 servicemen on both sides lost there lives. i am lucky to be working in belgium at the mo, wearing my poppy with pride. when will there be in a bank holiday in the u.k. like there is in belgium on the 11th, if we forget history then we forget the lessons learnt. i shall be remembering the silence tomorrow. and god help anone that doesn't!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkelbell Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I'm a proud support of US war veterans. Two things I've done every year on 'Veteran Day' - Send the check to 'Disabled American Veterans' - Put up the American flag infront of my house ( I'll do it tomorrow early morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussietraveller Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Well said OP. Lest we forget.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 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. By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thank you for the timely reminder Despite the horrific stories I heard from the veterans in my family about WWI, WWII and Korea, one thing that was consistent from them was their disdain for war and its horrors and a their great respect for those that had served in Asia. The asian theatre veterans that survived the death marches, slave labour, torture and brutality, never had their stories told or sacrifices acknowledged as widely as did the veterans of Europe, despite having dealt with far worse battle conditions, so I keep an extra thought for those veterans. I don't think I could have done what they did. And I say a little prayer for a guy I went to school with that he comes back to his family from Afghanistan, to his wife and kids as safe as my family did from their service in Europe and Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) Lest We Forget Oz R.A.N Edited November 11, 2008 by ozsamurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks Kan Win. Remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) Lest we forget. The brave men who endured amazing hardship and sacrifice in far-flung corners of the world to bestow the freedoms we enjoy today )... We shall remember them. Edited November 11, 2008 by kmart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Siegfried Sassoon Survivors No doubt they'll soon get well; the shock and strain Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk. Of course they're "longing to go out again,"-- These boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk, They'll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,-- Their dreams that drip with murder; and they'll be proud Of glorious war that shatter'd all their pride ... Men who went out to battle, grim and glad; Children, with eyes that hate you, broken and mad. CRAIGLOCKART, Oct. 1917. Lest We Forget R.I.P. Grandad & All Your Mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmushr00m Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the reminder. I have been so caught up with my own problems that I forgot. Now I remember and give thanks. NOT forgottened. 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the reminder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHM Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 For the last few years I have visited the war graves in Kanchanaburi on 11/11 at 11.00. Often I've been on my own. I contrast this with the amazing turnout for ANZAC day, with hundreds of Ozzies, Kiwis, ambassadors, Pooyai and diverse panjandrums. I've often felt ashamed that the UK embassy could do so little (lest we forget) though they did attend find time to attend ANZAC day. Today I went to the cemetary again and was pleasantly surprised to see a few wreaths, presumably left over from Sunday. A small one from the UK embassy, one from 'Alex Salmond, First Minister, Government of Scotland' (sic), one from the Dutch embassy, a few regimental ones and others dedicated to family members. Its a small step, but it is progress. Still, I wish we could shame our respective embassies into arranging a turnout as impressive and well-attended as the ANZACs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 For the last few years I have visited the war graves in Kanchanaburi on 11/11 at 11.00. Often I've been on my own.I contrast this with the amazing turnout for ANZAC day, with hundreds of Ozzies, Kiwis, ambassadors, Pooyai and diverse panjandrums. I've often felt ashamed that the UK embassy could do so little (lest we forget) though they did attend find time to attend ANZAC day. Today I went to the cemetary again and was pleasantly surprised to see a few wreaths, presumably left over from Sunday. A small one from the UK embassy, one from 'Alex Salmond, First Minister, Government of Scotland' (sic), one from the Dutch embassy, a few regimental ones and others dedicated to family members. Its a small step, but it is progress. Still, I wish we could shame our respective embassies into arranging a turnout as impressive and well-attended as the ANZACs. Perhaps a letter to the editor of the BK Post can get your mission started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yabaaaa Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Sadly all over the world many wars raging, seems like they do forget and forget very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauls2979 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 OMG what these great people did for my home land should never never be forgotten , me and my daughter age 7 made some Poppy's to pin on us today , i was trying to explain , that my mothers farther was in ww2 , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 For the last few years I have visited the war graves in Kanchanaburi on 11/11 at 11.00. Often I've been on my own.I contrast this with the amazing turnout for ANZAC day, with hundreds of Ozzies, Kiwis, ambassadors, Pooyai and diverse panjandrums. I've often felt ashamed that the UK embassy could do so little (lest we forget) though they did attend find time to attend ANZAC day. Today I went to the cemetary again and was pleasantly surprised to see a few wreaths, presumably left over from Sunday. A small one from the UK embassy, one from 'Alex Salmond, First Minister, Government of Scotland' (sic), one from the Dutch embassy, a few regimental ones and others dedicated to family members. Its a small step, but it is progress. Still, I wish we could shame our respective embassies into arranging a turnout as impressive and well-attended as the ANZACs. Photos by a good friend of mine Simon, Anzac Day in Kanchanaburi 2006 Thank you for your post "MHM". I feel the same. Yours truly Kan Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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