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Amazing World War II photographs superimposed on contemporary shots taken at the same locations
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A reading of In Flanders Fields
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4jqTF6aks&feature=youtu.be[/url]
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[B]Thanks to all the [COLOR=Red]Vets[/COLOR] who served and especially those who have given their lives for all of us.....
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To all the Vets,near and far, those who've fallen and survived, those gone and still with us, a heartfelt..THANK YOU!
I read this piece this morning,and had to bring it here.
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Heroes, by Cameron Rhodes [/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]I wave good bye to all I love to fight a war that is not my own.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]A fear consumes me from with in that I may not return home again.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]I know its for a greater good; I'm fighting for those who never could.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]Brothers and friends at my side; we march together stride by stride.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]With foreign people in a foreign place, we carry on day by day.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]Week by week and month by month, we keep on fighting, we carry on.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Weathered, worn and pushed to the edge, we continue to march, we keep our pledge.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]A band of brothers silhouette the sunset, a sight the liberated will never forget.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Years gone by, the war rages on, new faces replace friends loved and lost.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]Home is a dream to which we hold tight, a blessed vision to comfort lonely nights.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Years gone by and we are given a chance to return to the place from which we left.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]Lovers, partners, family and friends long for us to return to them.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]We arrive home changed men, older and wiser, medals abreast.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]We left as boys and returned as men images burned in the back of our heads.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]We fought for freedom, we fought for life, for our sons, our daughters and for our wives.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]A heroes welcome is what we got because heroes is what we are.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]On this day we remember our time, our fallen brothers and those still alive.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]We pray our sons and grandsons must never face what we did when we were their age.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Lets give thanks to those who gave their lives for their country, their people, for the good of man kind.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]It was their courage, their strength that carried on, in their Brothers, their Soldiers, who fought the war.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
Thanks to all that served and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom.
Semper Fi :thumbup: