schadeaux
May 23 2003, 07:10 PM
For anyone interested in history and little known heros.
WWII HERO
SpaceyKC
May 23 2003, 07:28 PM
Hurray for Mr. Balme and the other heroes like him!
Great find too, schadeaux.
albaqwerty
May 23 2003, 10:22 PM
We thought it was a funny looking typewriter -- an interesting bit of kit," he told Reuters Friday
I respect these men and women whose modesty is so trivialised (is that a word?!) by the written word of people who weren't alive at that time. (Maybe they are not being modest but it transcribes that way)
I can't express my admiration for those who fight for their country -(it wouldn't come across properly) .
History and rose tinted specs and all that but that generation had a certain way of expressing themselves which I think in today's use of language downplays all the individual acts of bravery which were performed and are still performedby the current serving forces.
Homer
May 24 2003, 01:33 AM
Outstanding article schadeaux
Mr. Balme is cool