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4 of my images of the War Mother sculpture by Charles Umlauf.
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This work of art has always captivated me. I keep going back to it.
1. ~War Mother~ Charles Umlauf, Sculptor~ McNay Museum in San Antonio, 2. ~War Mother Revisited, Take 2~, 3. ~War Mother Revisited~, 4. ~WAR MOTHER~ Charles Umlauf at McNay Art Museum San Antonio
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At the War and peace at the Hop Farm.
Looking thro my view finder and saw this young man sitting on a vehicle and his face said a story....
"""""What Did them young men go thro???""""
When we went to the Somme last year we visited some of the many cemetries from the first world war. Tens of thousands of people from all races and nations lost their lives in just one day at the start of the Battle of the Somme. For what? For power, for politics? If only we had learnt from this.
He approached the sculpture made out of plane remains as if he was approaching an old friend. I used my phone because the camera was in the bag already.
I've snapped this photo on my table top studio....I made the background and floor using simple white parer sheet... and used three plastic commandoes as my modles.
The British War Medal and Victory Medal which were awarded to NZ soldiers of the NZEF at the conclusion of World War I in 1919. My father fought in the war at the Battle of Ypres where he was wounded before convalescing in England. He returned to NZ in 1918 and only rarely spoke of his war experiences.
Civilian Civil War reenactor given the "porcelain doll" look using Portrait Professional software, and then applying the following in separate layers:
Nik Color Efex Tonal Contrast
Classique Pewter texture from French Kiss Textures at 100% Multiply
Classique Pewter at 100% Color
Brushed in eye color
Outside St Giles church
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"The Great War 1914 - 1918
They whom this cross commemorates were numbered among those who at the call of King and Country left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom.
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Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten."
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R. I. P.
2nd Corp 55860 Alfred T. Brunsdon
18.04.15 St. Omer (General HQ of the B.E.F. and base for General and Stationary Hospitals as well as some Casualty Clearing Stations)
113th Coy., Royal Engineers
13.07.16 Alexandria, Egypt
644th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps.
Lieut. Clarence F. S. Cox M.C.
29.10.17 Langemark
10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt)
Pte 35724 Charles H. Etheridge
03.09.18 Gonnehem, nr Bethune
8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt
09.05.18 Le Treport
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regt
05.11.16 Thiepval Memorial
2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regt
L/Cpl 7515 Edward Charles Marshall
30.04.15 Menin Gate
1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
Gunner 96427 Arthur Price (possible match)
22.08.17 Lijssenthoek
'D' Battalion, Tank Corps
H.M. Price (not identified - check 1911 census for clues - could be brother of the above Arthur Price)
Sgt 240546 John Edwin Richards
15.06.18 Magnaboschi Italy
1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt
Pte 30548 William Wadley (possible match)
26.09.16 Vermelles, nr Lens
1st Battalion, Worcestersire Regt
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Not listed on memorial
14.04.17 Arras Memorial
4th Battalion Worcestershire Regt
Link: Father's address on CWGC RofH is given as Murrells End, Maisemore
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The war memorial is only a 10-minute walk away. Before I arrived at the memorial, I happened across the USO, who I know give tours of the DMZ. I talked with some of the Korean police dudes and inquired about the USO, but they weren't very helpful. On the way back from the memorial, I dropped by again and was finally granted entry, upon which, unfortunately, I discovered that the USO will not give tours of the DMZ either tomorrow or Friday. I might pay a tour group to take me there then. Oh, as usual, one of Korea's cutest manned the counter.
The war memorial is a huge, expansive display, and it is definitely a must-see! They display airplanes, vehicles, and weapons on a sprawling estate; and they have huge monuments commemorating the war, in front of a super-huge museum! I walked around the estate, in the freezing, windy, cold, and took many pictures. I didn't go into the museum though because I didn't feel like spending 3000 WON.
Gene was our guest during the latest installment of the living history project being done in Keyport NJ. A Silver Star and Bronze Star recipient. A great guy with some of the best stories that wold rival the Little Rascals.
This is the war memorial in Echuca just after Remembrance day with the fresh flowers still on display.
Taken at Echuca, Victoria in 2018.
"World War II prompted the rationing of many commodities. Nickel was highly valued for use in armor plating, and Congress ordered the removal of this metal from the five-cent piece, effective October 8, 1942. From that date, and lasting through the end of 1945, five-cent pieces bore the regular design but were minted from an alloy of copper, silver and manganese. It was anticipated that these emergency coins would be withdrawn from circulation after the war, so a prominent distinguishing feature was added. Coins from all three mints bore very large mintmarks above the dome of Monticello, and the letter 'P' was used as a mintmark for the first time on a U. S. coin" (Coinflation.com).
Civil War reenactors return to camp. Taken on the weekend of the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh.
Taken with my iPhone.
Tiergarten, Berlin. Erected in 1945 in the British Sector of occupied Berlin. The memorial was designed by architect Mikhail Gorvits with the monument of the Soviet soldier by sculptors Vladimir Tsigal and Lev Kerbel and built using stonework from the demolished Reich Chancellery.
Throughout the Cold War, Soviet 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade honor guards from East Berlin were sent to stand watch at the memorial. Today it is maintained by the City of Berlin.
This is an ordinary vineyard caught after the harvest, and I don't know if there's any story behind it. But in Virginia, the remnants of civil war battles are omnipresent, and the wires and posts here, many like crosses, brought to my mind a war-ravaged battlefield which whispers the names of the fallen.