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[*] posted on 7-25-2009 at 08:04 PM
A good read.


An interesting article a friend sent me. This generation saw things we can't even imagine. I would have loved a chance to talk to this man:

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[*] posted on 7-25-2009 at 09:28 PM


I read that earlier today. Incredible story.



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[*] posted on 7-25-2009 at 09:46 PM


GREAT photo.




discipline, did you see this a couple weeks back?
http://thorprecords.com/boards/viewthread.php?tid=14358
interesting that they passed so close to one another.





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[*] posted on 7-25-2009 at 09:59 PM


The five-man Lewis gun team had a pact to try not to kill any enemy soldiers but to aim at their legs unless it came down to killing or being killed, he said.


Wow.
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[*] posted on 7-25-2009 at 10:09 PM


Born in southwest England in 1898

1898!!!!!

Fuck that boggles my mind. This guy would have seen so much shit.
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[*] posted on 7-26-2009 at 08:54 AM


My grandpa was born in 1896. He died in 1996 when I was 16.
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[*] posted on 7-26-2009 at 10:41 AM


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GREAT photo.




discipline, did you see this a couple weeks back?
http://thorprecords.com/boards/viewthread.php?tid=14358
interesting that they passed so close to one another.


That is a great picture. I did see the other one. A friend emailed me the article the day it came out. These guys are an inspiration.




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