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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
lightfoot
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
charmer
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home

You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
lightfoot
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home

You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..

i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends Disappointed
charmer
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home

You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..

i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends Disappointed

If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..
lightfoot
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home

You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..

i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends Disappointed

If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..

my dad was romanian
charmer
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades. Crying

Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last. Frowner

Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..

my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home

You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..

i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends Disappointed

If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..

my dad was romanian

Must admit.. I never thought of other nationalalities apart from Polish etc being involved in the war,but now you mention it it was obvious,very naive of me,I'm so sorry..I feel bad now, for my lack of knowledge..
lightfoot
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.

God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.
Soozy Woo
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Originally posted by Soozy woo:
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.

God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.

Andrew Motion's? I couldn't really get on with that poem. Loved the programme though.

What gets me about Harry and his comrades is that when WW2 happened, they must have been horrified. I guess, like him, most were too old to be called up again but they must have had sons go off to war.
FM
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Originally posted by Soozy woo:
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.

God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.

Andrew Motion's? I couldn't really get on with that poem. Loved the programme though.

What gets me about Harry and his comrades is that when WW2 happened, they must have been horrified. I guess, like him, most were too old to be called up again but they must have had sons go off to war.



Yes but ........if there was ever a war that needed to be fought WW2 was the one. Should everyone have laid down and let Hitler exterminate all Jews and ride roughshod over all of Europe?

Sometimes War is the only answer ....it was never gonna be sorted round a table.
Soozy Woo

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