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Post by gortonboy on Jul 19, 2010 16:54:01 GMT -1
www.channel4.com/programmes/w...ost-battalionswatching this tonight...love this kind of TV. A mass grave of Brit and Aussie soldiers found in France and three families waiting to see if any of there brave rellies were buried there. Brilliant..........
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Post by Lisa on Jul 20, 2010 10:17:57 GMT -1
Hi Mick, It was a wonderful program and fascinating to see how they managed to identify nearly all of the men.....so sad to see their uniforms and boots though. I cannot imagine what it would have been like for those men to know they were dying and never going to see their loved ones again. I have to close my eyes every time I see the footage of the men going over the barbed wire.....talk about lambs to the slaughter. History is still repeating itself in Afghanistan, so we havent really learned much, have we?  |
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Post by gortonboy on Jul 20, 2010 12:14:06 GMT -1
fascinating program........shame that NO British bodies were identified. Even though they have great DNA profiles for a lot of the unidentified British bodies....But they need the descendants to provide DNA to be able to compare. And unfortunately it is so long ago that families now dont really know if thier relation was even in the war. Pity not everyone thinks like i do,,,that your family history is important,not because it is important to me...but that it may have some relevance in the future to someone,,and therefore should be recorded.
And yes,,,we never learn,,,,,,hats off to our brave servicemen and women,,,but they should not be there.
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Post by OLLY on Jul 20, 2010 15:28:31 GMT -1
I ALSO WATCHED IT.....AND THE WORLD AT WAR THIS MORNING.....  |
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Post by lin on Jul 20, 2010 15:55:21 GMT -1
Brill program but with its sad moments..all those who died and never got home..  |
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