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Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by Daddybang » 18 Aug 2018, 9:26 am

LEST WE FORGET!!!!
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by No1Mk3 » 18 Aug 2018, 9:46 am

Yes, Lest We Forget,
but who remembered it was VP Day Wednesday? The media were quiet, do they not want to offend our allies in Japan? The RSL all laid wreaths, but there was little news coverage so for all our Fathers and Grand-Fathers, those who served in the PacificTheater and Asia , Lest We Forget.
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by Daddybang » 18 Aug 2018, 10:00 am

I had a beer for the Pacific war veterans. Usually remember all vets from the Boer war to Afghanistan on Anzac day but Long tan/Vietnam veterans day has a familial connection for me. :thumbsup: :drinks:
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by marksman » 18 Aug 2018, 10:40 am

Daddybang wrote:LEST WE FORGET!!!!
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by Gaznazdiak » 18 Aug 2018, 11:02 am

+1

Another one nobody seems to bother to remember is Coral-Balmoral.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-13/5 ... am/9722722
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by RoginaJack » 18 Aug 2018, 12:20 pm

:drinks: :friends: +1
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by Daddybang » 18 Aug 2018, 1:30 pm

Gaznazdiak wrote:+1

Another one nobody seems to bother to remember is Coral-Balmoral.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-13/5 ... am/9722722


Yeah I put a little memorial on here earlier on the 50th anniversary. :drinks: :thumbsup:
Last Saturday I attended a memorial dedication to an American pilot killed when his lightning crashed en route to PNG
So much WWII Pacific campaign history up here its great to learn from!!! :drinks: :drinks:
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by JimTom » 19 Aug 2018, 8:09 am

Gaznazdiak wrote:+1

Another one nobody seems to bother to remember is Coral-Balmoral.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-13/5 ... am/9722722



Coral-Balmoral is one of the battle honours on the colours of the Royal Australian Regimemt.
12-15 May was always a big week in the Battalion where we commemorated all those who were lost. The old diggers come back, we did a parade, a few other events and of course a good drinking session with the old fellas. Was fantastic to talk to those fellas who were there.
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Post by Gaznazdiak » 19 Aug 2018, 12:31 pm

JimTom wrote:
Gaznazdiak wrote:+1

Another one nobody seems to bother to remember is Coral-Balmoral.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-13/5 ... am/9722722



Coral-Balmoral is one of the battle honours on the colours of the Royal Australian Regimemt.
12-15 May was always a big week in the Battalion where we commemorated all those who were lost. The old diggers come back, we did a parade, a few other events and of course a good drinking session with the old fellas. Was fantastic to talk to those fellas who were there.


That's excellent to hear JT, but isn't it a sad indictment of our short collective social memory that the remembrance of such gallant contributions is limited almost exclusively to the units and Diggers who were directly involved.

Another related issue that should be addressed is the shameful way veterans are virtually abandoned by the governments who sent them into harm's way.

No flash lifetime 6 figure pensions for them, that's only for those ",brave" enough to shine a seat in Canberra.
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Re: Long Tan/Vietnam veterans day 2018

Post by JimTom » 19 Aug 2018, 12:44 pm

Gaznazdiak wrote:
JimTom wrote:
Gaznazdiak wrote:+1

Another one nobody seems to bother to remember is Coral-Balmoral.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-13/5 ... am/9722722




Coral-Balmoral is one of the battle honours on the colours of the Royal Australian Regimemt.
12-15 May was always a big week in the Battalion where we commemorated all those who were lost. The old diggers come back, we did a parade, a few other events and of course a good drinking session with the old fellas. Was fantastic to talk to those fellas who were there.


That's excellent to hear JT, but isn't it a sad indictment of our short collective social memory that the remembrance of such gallant contributions is limited almost exclusively to the units and Diggers who were directly involved.

Another related issue that should be addressed is the shameful way veterans are virtually abandoned by the governments who sent them into harm's way.

No flash lifetime 6 figure pensions for them, that's only for those ",brave" enough to shine a seat in Canberra.


Couldn’t agree more mate. Hardly seems right.
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