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Shot of the war memorial in Singapore
In 1962, a large number of remains belonging to civilian victims were dug out in areas like Siglap, Changi and Bukit Timah. An act of remembrance increases the need to gather these remains from all over the island and finding a place to bury them. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is responsible for this.
In 1963, the present piece of land was set aside by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew for building a memorial. The memorial was completed in 1967 and revealed by Prime Minister Lee. Memorial services open to the public are held on 15 February every year at this park.
My Face is My Canvas Emualtion Challenge Week 92
Haven't done a selfie for a bit. Not as good as I'd like, but it will do :)
Union Light Cavalry saber made by Ames Mfg Co. in 1864.
Metal saber with leather handle and metal grip guard; blade is slightly arched.
This sword, called a "Chicopee Sabre", was in use by US Army from the Mexican War thru the Spanish American War. It was replaced in 1912 by a straight sabre, copied from the British Army.
Donated by Col. Thomas F. Lancer
L: 40 3/4" W: 4 3/8" D: 3 7/8"
ACC# 97.39
See other Civil War items at flic.kr/s/aHskjABHcG/.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
After noticing my War Machine didn't have matching armor to the movie, and mt Iron Man's armor fell apart I made new ones. The armor is made out of sculpy. it was painted by me. The Iron man is based off of the Mark III; correct me if I'm wrong. the sculpy is in the shape of a triangle, bit the LED is not :(.
Picking up the gauntlet on the 'Chess' challenge over on Classic Castle.com. This was the first board I built and a bugger to photo, mostly because I'm still new into the quest of mastering my own photography/editing.
Based on the Tri-Dimensional chessboard first seen in Star Trek I altered the setup slightly, but it can still be played with the expanded rules created in the 70's or standard gameplay.
I thought this was a better answer to a chess challenge on a castle themed site and this setup gives "castling" a whole new meaning when your king is whisked away to the tower ;)
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war -
Me say war.
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -
Me say war.
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race -
Dis a war.
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained -
Now everywhere is war - war.
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola,
In Mozambique,
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled,
Utterly destroyed -
Well, everywhere is war -
Me say war.
War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south -
War - war -
Rumours of war.
And until that day,
The African continent
Will not know peace,
We Africans will fight - we find it necessary -
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
An Iraqi boy gives Lance Cpl. Nick J. Luciano, a 21-year-old rifleman from Pennsgrove, N.J., a peace sign during Operation Sidewinder in Sadiquiyah, Iraq, Aug 1. He and other Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment played a supportive role while Iraqi soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division conducted a cordon and search to interupt insurgent activity in the area. Part of their role was also to assist the locals in their needs. The Marines serve under Regimental Combat Team 5 and are conducting operations in the Habbaniyah area.
Liverpool played a huge part in the Second World War and was the most heavily bombed British city outside of London. We payed a visit to the secret underground WWII bunker on Rumford Street, instrumental in managing the Battle of the Atlantic.
Location accuracy in reporting enemy movements to the RAF was essential. In these pre-computer days, the personal of the Women’s Royal Naval Service and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force worked on a giant map to relay German U-Boat positions.
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Steampunk Treatment of the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars.
Full photo review at Reasonably Clever.
MOC from 2008
Back by popular demand (well, one person said they'd like to see more A Softer World fan art. May have just been being nice. Or ironic)
I've used the source images before, they're from the plinth of the Paul Day Meeting Place sculpture at St. Pancras station in London, depicting soldiers using the London Underground departing for ward.
War, by Edwin Starr
I think this week will be a week of fireworks. I had a fantastic time on Friday standing on top of the Contemporary and photographing three fireworks shows in one night. First was IllumiNations, then Star Wars, and finally ending on Wishes. I must say, Star Wars is one of the most photographic fireworks shows at Disney, if only from a color point of view. I've not seen a regularly scheduled show with so much color in it before!
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"O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved fire sides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it -- for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.
"Teil der Tragfläche des am 22. Aug. 1915 bei Marquillies herabgeschossenen franz. Äroplans mit 2 engl. Offizieren." - ‘Part of the wing of the French aircraft that was shot down near Marquillies on 22 August 1915 with 2 British officers on board.’
This is a piece of very fine cloth, about 2,5 x 16,5 cm, lacquered on one side.
Contrary to the soldier's belief, it was not a French aircraft, but a British B.E. 2c. (Maybe he got confused by the blue, white, and red RFC markings that look very much like the French Tricolore.) This B.E. 2c, manned by 2nd Lt Charles Gallie and Lt William Middleton Wallace of 2 Squadron RFC, was shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Sainghin-en-Weppes and Marquillies on 22 August 1915. The plane was on a photographic reconnaissance mission.
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William "Willie" Middleton Wallace is still remembered as a promising rugby player. "He played fullback for Cambridge University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1913–14": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Middleton_Wallace
I received this fascinating piece of history together with three unrelated photos. I only found two low quality photos of the wreck on the internet:
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If anyone knows of a better photo, please let me know.
ODC2 - Our Daily Challenge - Our Parents' War (or Grandparents, etc!)
I decided to convey this on a more personal level. Sadly I don't have photos of my Dad in his RAF uniform or my Mum in her WAAF uniform, but here is a copy of my Grandfather's World War One army file, which survived the blitz of WW11! He was in France & Belgium at the Somme and other arenas of war, and still had nightmares 60 years later, and pain from his injuries! His brother (my Great Uncle) was a PoW after Gallipoli.
I have a few photos of various uncles who were in all areas of the second World War, including an uncle who was a PoW in Burma - again he never stopped having nightmares about his experiences.
They fought and we gained our "freedom" we were not subjugated! But 50 years on for them - I really wonder if it felt like it had been worthwhile? Did they personally feel better off in their everyday lives! Many lost their families, jobs and ability to "fit" back in their environments! Many still suffered from wounds, injuries and illnesses picked up from all over the world!
Were they treated as Heroes/Saviours? Are they revered by the current generations?
And still the wars go on and the soldiers continue to be killed, maimed and injured! For what?
Freedom!
Now I am feeling quite sad about the fact that there are still such threats to peace and intolerance of other peoples beliefs! Why can we not coexist? - there is room for all to hold on to their own customs and ideals and religions without having to seek to impose them on others.
This was an incredibly difficult and thought provoking challenge!
113 Pictures in 2013 - #92 - In Memory ................
Posted my review of the Star Wars Rorworr action figure and thought it would be fun to show the 2000 toy with a 1978 Wookiee and 2015 Wookiees. www.battlegrip.com/?p=68197
The Imperial War Museum in London. I felt sad and unsettled in the museum because I was struck by the fact that despite millions and millions of war dead over the centuries, mankind has learned nothing and war continues today
Statues of men from the three services. The memorial bears the names of 85 men killed in World War I and 67 in World War II. The Memorial was sculpted by Kellock Brown of Glasgow (1856-1934) and unveiled in September 1921.
The Kargil War of 1999, codenamed Operation Vijay by the Indian Army, saw infiltration by Pakistani troops into parts of Western Ladakh, namely Dras, Kargil and Batalik sectors, overlooking key locations on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Extensive operations were launched in high altitudes by the Indian Army on May 20, 1999. Pakistani troops were evicted from the Indian side of the Line of Control which the Indian government ordered was to be respected and which was not crossed by Indian troops.
The recapture of Tololing was one of the most crucial tasks undertaken by the Indian Army during 'Operation Vijay'. Due to its height of over 15,000 ft and its proximity to NH 1D, Tololing is considered one of the most important features of the Kargil-Dras sector. From this height, the intruders, entrenched at safe heights, could observe movement on the Indian side and also disrupt traffic on NH 1D, thereby dominating the entire area. The Indian soldiers were at a disadvantage who had no cover from the onslaught of intruder's bullets and artillery. The initial task of recapturing the height was handed over to 18 Grenadiers who commenced operations on the 21st May 1999. On the night of the final assault (12th June 1999), 2 RAJ RIF was brought in to take advantage of the inroads made by the Grenadiers. They launched a multi directional attack on the Tololing height. After fierce hand to hand encounters, on the early morning of 13th June 1999, Indian soldiers recaptured Tololing.
With initial disaster of one MiG-27 and a MiG-21 on May 26, Mi-17 gunship helicopter units of the Indian Air Force (152 HU - The Mighty Armour and 129 HU - The Nubra Warriors) successfully assaulted the Pakistani intruders on mountainous heights at Tiger Hill complex and Tololing Ridge on subsequent days (26th, 27th and 28th May). On May 28, when Nubra-3, one of the four gunships of Nubra Warriors, was shot down, Indian Air Force withdrew gunships and stopped all air operations. Without air support and as the intruders safely lodged in crevices and bunkers, it was a difficult battle to win.
In contemporary terms this was an expensive war. The Indian forces suffered numerable losses through militarily suicidal missions which left, officially, 413 Indian soldiers killed and 584 injured. Between the Pakistani Army and Mujaheddin 696 fell though there was no official record. The Indian government was criticized by the Indian public because India respected geographical co-ordinates more than India's opponents by not crossing the actual Line of Control. In introspection, intelligence failure and the impatience at the decision-making level in the government occasioned by the political need to conclude operations quickly, led to the army losing many of its men in near-impossible missions. Read: Kargil Post Mortem
Rockets Away - IAF Mi17 Attack on Tololing Hill (youtube video)
Pic from the Vietnam War from someone who seved. No information about location or people in picture. Some type of stage show the GI's went to see.
“The Republic has fallen into dark times. All around, the Clone War rages. The Jedi are spread thin across the galaxy. This has led Chancellor Palpatine to make many desperate decisions. One of these was to form a true alliance with the Hutt Cartel, in order to help open hyperspace lanes to the Outer Rim Sieges. Here we find Gran Jedi Master Ginro Kirei, and his Neimoidian Apprentice, Migi Cimano. Having left Coruscant just before General Grievous' attack, they have now reached Tatooine with their squadron of clones. They are met at the outskirts of Mos Espa by Jabba The Hutt’s Twi'lek Advisor, Bib Fortuna. From there he will escort the Jedi to Jabba’s Palace. Little did Master Ginro know, they would never make it there.
While walking through the sands towards Fortuna’s Skiff, Clone Commander Sorter receives a class 3 transmission directly from Coruscant. As soon as it arrives the inhibitor chips within all of the squadron activate. “Execute Order 66” the transmission commands. The Clones know exactly what to do. Both Master Ginro and Apprentice Migi look towards each other in a split second, feeling a call of defense from the force. They turn around and activate their lightsabers, just in time to deflect the first volley of blasterfire and redirect one of the energy bolts into a nearby clone.
The battle for their lives has just begun, but can they survive Order 66? Can they survive these dark times?”
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This is my application MOC for the Dark Times RPG Group. :)
Star Wars cuppies for a co-worker who loves Darth Vader. Hard to see Darth's features on that black fondant. I used my William Sonoma cookie cutter for that. Did these really quick last week. The bday boy got these 2 cupcakes with the decorations, while the rest just had the pearls on them. White almond sour cream cake with butter cream frosting.
The war memorial at Ditchling was designed by Eric Gill and carved by Joseph Cribb. Both were noted stone carvers and local residents – see here
Karl and I spotted these 70's war comics at an antique emporium this lunch time :-) "War comics" like these introduced my generation to foreign phrases for the first time: Banzai Nippon! Achtung Spitfeuer! Gott In Himmel! Teufel! Schweinehund! 😁 Photographed at The Fleetville Vintage Emporium, Hertfordshire, UK, Tuesday, August 23, 2016.