Remembrance Day

Heres one for your fellow countrymen Ruth.

Picture by john kindon

 I believe this tank was rescued from the seabed of the English coast were many Americans were killed whilst in training for the D-day landings in Northern France. 

Remembering my two uncles killed on the Somme.

And remembering all the others who have served faithfully, lost their lives for us, lost their health, or survived to keep the memory alive. 

Picture by Tony Tooth

                              REMEMBRANCE DAY- HERODSFOOT

  In Cornwall there is a village called Herodsfoot and I heard today that they held their small service at the war memorial, however the 13 names on the memorial are the names of those that returned safe and sound. I think they are know as a "thankful village", somewhere that all those that went off to war came home alive. To add to Herodsfoot's fortune in world war one, everyone from world war two also returned home alive. As Sue has just said, we should remember all who have served in war whatever their outcome, none can be unaffected by what has gone on. We are very aware of of the results of the present conflicts as RAF Headly Court is close by here and often in the local newspaper. We were all shocked a year or so ago to read in the paper of some women swimming in a local pool objecting to sevicmen undergoing rehabilitation using the pool at the same time. I wonder if they can wear their poppy with pride. I am glad to say they have a purpose built pool of their own thanks to Help the Heroes.

nice pictures...my dad was on Normany Beach at D-Day...he was an paramedic...his brother the paratrooper and his other brother the Marine were there and all of them were less then an mile away from each other and never knew it..until after the war. My hubby's uncle went down when Peral Harbor was attacked.  My mother's brother..if he's still alive flew an Helicopter during the Korean war, while his brother was in the Army...hubby's neice was in the Gulf War...and his nephew is currently stationed in Italy and is an computer operator for the Air Force. Our "Scouts" ever year pay tribute at Memorial Day also by flag plant. We have quite a few of our Scouts serving the miltary growing up. We are flying our American Flag today...and no one made us do it.