Doug,

A little check of history would remind everyone that when the Japs
whipped our ass in the Philippines it was Australia that MacArthur ran
to. It was the Aussie Fighting men that were the first to stop the Japs
in WW2 in one of the bloodiest fight of the War. It was from that
victory with the Jap losses that started the Allies island hopping
Victory in the Pacific

Never sell the aussie fighting spirit short.

Ole Thom


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