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the 11th day of the 11th month
on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called
the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King |
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the 11th day of the 11th month
DSK wrote: on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King Indeed. Happy Armistice Day. Happy Veteran's Day. My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire at a certain time. I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest. |
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DSK wrote: on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King Indeed. Happy Armistice Day. Happy Veteran's Day. My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire at a certain time. I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest. Another site with some battlefield pictures of the time http://www.greatwar.nl/ And songs comment on the situation One especially moving original version |
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the 11th day of the 11th month
Jim, wrote:
wrote: DSK wrote: on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King Indeed. Happy Armistice Day. Happy Veteran's Day. My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire at a certain time. I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest. Another site with some battlefield pictures of the time http://www.greatwar.nl/ And songs comment on the situation One especially moving original version original version |
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the 11th day of the 11th month
Jim, wrote:
Jim, wrote: wrote: DSK wrote: on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King Indeed. Happy Armistice Day. Happy Veteran's Day. My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire at a certain time. I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest. Another site with some battlefield pictures of the time http://www.greatwar.nl/ And songs comment on the situation One especially moving original version original version http://www.greatwar.nl/music/matildaeric.mp3 |
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the 11th day of the 11th month
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:28:43 -0500, DSK wrote:
on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps. But it's worth remembering. Something to remember from later wars: The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list. A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year. We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so. Regards to all Doug King Thank you! -- John H. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes |
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