Happy ANZAC Day, mates!

[Patria Povo]

It's the 25th now in Australia.

And here's a vid/song for you all, since I can't make ANZAC biscuits for all of you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHbR_W0eIpA&mode=related&search=

Listen for the referrences to M16s and SLRs in the lyrics!

[Patria Povo]

OK, someone just asked me what I was talking about.

This might help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day

[Patria Povo]

hey went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.

[okie shooter]

I figured that out, sounds like its a dual purpose day in some ways, a day of rememberance and a day of national pride too. Happy ANZAC day.

[Patria Povo]

Cheers, digger! You nailed it there. Maybe a bit like The Alamo to Texans?

And a rap version for The Kids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWBC1hg7f0&mode=related&search=

:)

and another classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYynHmE8b0&mode=related&search=

[Enigma Nostra]

Happy ANZAC day man, get drunk and blow somethin up!

-E

[Planning]

i had some dealings with the aussies in vietnam. all of it good. we had several C7A (CARABOU) crews that came in all the time. we would swap watermelons and stuff for biscuits ( you could chew on them for days they were so hard) and stuff.

they were landing at one of the small landing strips and clipped a tree on take off. they made it to our landing strip and we put duct tape on the front of the wing and took a saw and cut off the props tips to make them the same length. they flew it out. (shook like crazy, but they made it back to the air base)


another time we had been fighting all day and the vc were comming onto the landing strip with us on the other side. they heard we need some help so they lowered the ramp on the back and strapped the loadmaster down on the ramp and made a pass over the runway and as they got over the middle of the runway the pilot pulled up and the loadmaster started shooting with his L1A1 off the back of the ramp. i don't know if he hit any one but it was neat anyway.:2pistol:

more stories later..........thanks patria povo for the reminder.........

[Norton]

I know what you are talking about, Australia with it's small population has been in the Boer war, Two worlds Wars, minor Asian conflicts, a major police action, to many peacekeeping missions to count, The Gulf War , Afganistan, the Iraq war etc ect... Many with heavy losses. WW1 hit them like the Civil War hit the American South. A nation missing men of a certain age or men missing cetain limbs. The B&W vid shots of Aussies in Vietnam was touching. It goes to show we were not the only ones fighting the communists in Asia. They along with South Korea, the PI New Zeland fought I am glad they are our ally and look at them as family.

[Grasshopper]

I love the story except for the loss of the aussies. I do have a tear in my eye after thinking of the sacrifice.
The Aussies opened an other front in this war. It did make a differance.
God bless em all mate!

[XO3319]

It's like the 4th of July except better and EVERYONE in Austrailia is patriotic

I arrived there in 1995 on ANZAC day and what a loud drunken day of parades that was

[SteelCore]

Cheers!

http://webpages.marshall.edu/~bennett7/guinness/guinness.gif

The Ausies and Canadians did great things in WWI and proved themselves resourceful and effective warfighters.

If I read my history right, that is.

[Patria Povo]

Ahhh ... ANZAC Day. The only day pubs can legally open in the morning - right after the march. Cheers!

[Darkwatch]

Happy ANZAC Day!! Now go get pissed!:cheers: :drink: :beer:

[okie shooter]

Just a note on this day, the Australians have stood besides the US in conflicts that we all dont even realize they fought in, everyone knows WWI and WWII, but they sent troops to Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Current Afghanistan and Iraqi Freedom too. Plus they as a nation have been willing to stepup and take care of busness near home to inlcude the Timor, and the Malayan Emergency just to name two deployments by them.

[SteelCore]

the US and Oz have a standing joint military agreement that if one is attacked, the other comes in.

It is tight alliancs like this that enables the kinda stuff that had to be done in WWI and especially WWII to get done...whiny dems of 2 day if put in the same position would have us speaking German in 2yrs!

Sorry on the guinness, mate, I can't keep everyone's brands straight....that EMU bitter looks awesome! (Bitters were the best beers in Britain when I was there). For Oz beers I can get, I like Castlemaine's XXXX.

[Patria Povo]

Sorry on the guinness, mate, I can't keep everyone's brands straight....that EMU bitter looks awesome! (Bitters were the best beers in Britain when I was there). For Oz beers I can get, I like Castlemaine's XXXX.

No wucken furries. Try a Tooeys Old or New, if you get the chance.

[SteelCore]

Thanks for the tip. I'll give a look-see at the neighborhood liquor-er.

[XO3319]

I had an Australian Helicopter Exchange Officer with me in Afghanistan (OEF III)...a damn good stick he was-- delivered a radiator, 600 lbs of C4 and 5 gallons of anti-freeze at just the right time

and our Brigade Plans Officer was from 3Para--the Queen wouldn't allow him to accept our Bronze Star but we gave it to him anyway

[Patria Povo]

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