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Post by fots2 on Apr 9, 2012 10:39:45 GMT 8
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Post by darthdract on Apr 9, 2012 18:41:26 GMT 8
Hi Fots are have you been to the Rock Today? or Bataan?
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Post by fots2 on Apr 9, 2012 19:22:45 GMT 8
No not today but soon hopefully.
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Post by victor on Apr 5, 2013 8:31:23 GMT 8
Well it's a little early but 71 years ago the beginning of the end was underway anyway... I borrowed Chadhill's 1986 photo. Never mind that the MG is facing South but nobody would know except for folks on this board
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Post by Bob Hudson on Apr 5, 2013 8:49:53 GMT 8
If I may.... My attempt at poetry in 2011 for the defenders of the Philippines.
Soldiers Still
I lay silent in my grave as sunsets come and go
Time lost its meaning quite some time ago
This earth that I lay under was once a battleground
And remains of men like me lay scattered all around
I hear the voices above me and steps of many feet
No one knows of our location nor of our defeat.
The children sing and play not far from where we lie
We hear their laughs and screams and even when they cry
The sounds we hear above us are sounds of normal life
Not the sounds of bombs and bullets or casualties of strife
No sounds of screeching horses or sounds of rusty treads
Nor cries of wounded men soon to join the dead.
The times have changed somewhat over the span of years
No longer do loved ones call our names accompanied by tears
We stood our ground as best we could and gave it all we got
But day by day our numbers thinned as each of us were shot
I only ask that you think of us and hopefully you will
We were soldiers then and we are soldiers still.
Robert Hudson 7/24/2011
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Post by westernaus on Apr 5, 2013 10:53:55 GMT 8
Iam on the same timeline as you Bob being in Western Australia . So I will respond first . Thanks for your very touching Poem . We must continue to remember the sacrifice these young men made . Thank you .
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Post by wwalker on Apr 5, 2013 11:53:30 GMT 8
Very nice poem Bob. Thanks for sharing it.
WW
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Post by Registrar on Apr 5, 2013 18:34:36 GMT 8
Great work, Victor and Bob - both of your efforts enhance the Heritage, and give us a reason to be proud together, even still.
(I wish more of you members would use the "thumbs Up" button if you think a post has more than the usual merit. Many of these posts deserve NOT to be lost in a thicket.)
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Post by chadhill on Apr 5, 2013 20:22:38 GMT 8
Somewhere on Bataan, 1986
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Post by okla on Apr 5, 2013 22:02:55 GMT 8
Hey Bob....Good job. Your poem says it all, if that will ever be possible. Those guys were doomed from the "git go", but still gave it their best shot. They will never be forgotten at my house. No way, no how. Cheers.
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