[IkeaMan]

Lest we Forget!

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm

[Northern]

Imagine if his work wasn't published? A masterpiece would have been lost forever.

May we remember the efforts of all those before us who gave their lives to defend our freedom.

[DrCaleb]

Northern Northern:

Imagine if his work wasn't published? A masterpiece would have been lost forever.

May we remember the efforts of all those before us who gave their lives to defend our freedom.

History channel did a series on the battles of WWI. Including Dieppe, and an indepth look at John McCrae. Awesome stuff.

http://www.kingandempire.com/

[BartSimpson]

WDHIII WDHIII:

I remember reading that poem to the entire school during assembly back in elementary.

What made it even MORE poignant was I was reading it from a book given to me by my grandfather who served in WWI.

Interesting. My own maternal grandfather was a purser on the Mauritania during the war and had the distinction of being one of the few US Navy personnel to be under direct Royal Navy chain-of-command during the war. One of the books that came down to me has the poem in it followed by about one hundred pages of ghastly photographs.

More people died in WW2, but I've no doubt that WW1 was more brutal and tragic.

[Alexander_Keith]

$1:

History channel did a series on the battles of WWI. Including Dieppe, and an indepth look at John McCrae. Awesome stuff.

http://www.kingandempire.com/

I just watched it today. It was the first episode entitled "Baptism by Fire" about the Second Battle of Ypres. They also did one on WWII last year.
Truly amazing and powerful images and stories. Makes you think of all the stuff we take for granted.

[IkeaMan]

it had to be more horrific to fight in WW1 compared to that in WW2

[xerxes]

IkeaMan IkeaMan:

it had to be more horrific to fight in WW1 compared to that in WW2

Every war has its own unique horrors.

[Alexander_Keith]

I think the most horrifying would be sitting in your trenches when a huge cloud of poison gas sweeps over you and there is nothing you can do but sit and die or run and get shot.

[DrCaleb]

Alexander_Keith Alexander_Keith:

I think the most horrifying would be sitting in your trenches when a huge cloud of poison gas sweeps over you and there is nothing you can do but sit and die or run and get shot.

Sitting in a cross wind trench and hearing it happen to your comrades. That would be worse.

Good series, eh! Ypres and Pachendale are pretty gripping too.

[Hester]

lily gave me this link Emily's Remembrance Day Poem page It's where I found the poppy for my avatar, and it has some great poems, including several replies to "In Flander's Fields."

Thank you lily!

[bossdog]

The conflicts may not be as nasty as they once were but let us not forget our soldiers that are currently overseas and their famalies here at home.