TOMO 26,005 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 something that did surprise me in the one we went to was there was some graves of chineese soldiers and there dates of death were after the war had finished 1919 etc .... they went there clearing mines and unexploded shells ....and paid the ultimate price ...something i never new about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,103 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 When I was ticking the Bridge on the river Kwai off my bucket list, I visited the allied war cemeteries in Thailand, they were pristine, but as has been mentioned, the ages of those buried there was saddening. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,809 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 Just to let you know, you don't have to travel all over the world to see a war cemetery, we have our very own that i stumbled on driving to work. Cambridge American Cemetery | American Battle Monuments Commission WWW.ABMC.GOV The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,047 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, chartpolski said: When I was ticking the Bridge on the river Kwai off my bucket list, I visited the allied war cemeteries in Thailand, they were pristine, but as has been mentioned, the ages of those buried there was saddening. Cheers. Done the same Charts, and the pow museum near the bridge... Very moving... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,783 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Greb147 said: Just to let you know, you don't have to travel all over the world to see a war cemetery, we have our very own that i stumbled on driving to work. Cambridge American Cemetery | American Battle Monuments Commission WWW.ABMC.GOV The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of... There's a tiny little one near Mylor in Cornwall of 5 (I think) Croation guys who were killed over here in WW11. Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,677 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 hours ago, WILF said: If they had made that film about Stiffmeisters military career it would have been 35 seconds long and involved a Buffoon with a Brennan Huff hairdo tripping up out of a plane door at Camp Bastion and then coming too at the end of the war ! Idiot .I don’t work on a camp , I just get kept in a glass box with “ caution , use only in emergencies “ written on it 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.357shooter 1,177 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 would be the scene at the end of the original blade runner with rutger hauer.sorry no linky do not use youtube. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.357shooter 1,177 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 or could go with the scene in alien with john hurt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 7,151 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 Pure genius 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,572 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 Can’t believe nobody has put up Oldman as Norman Stansfield…… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Born Hunter 17,751 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, chartpolski said: This one takes some beating ; Makes you wonder how they managed to lose the war....... Cheers. I think they predominantly fought the insurgency with firepower rather than cunning and ruthlessness. Though they did have notorious success with the Phoenix programme. Which reminds me of the true masters of counter insurgency and this scene… Edited July 22, 2021 by Born Hunter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,572 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, SheepChaser said: You know how sometimes truth is better than fiction ?…….have you watched the documentary “Undefeated” ? Its genuinely one of the best things I have ever seen mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,411 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 hours ago, mushroom said: Pendejo A Mexican word which means something along the lines of cnut/b*****d/dickhead Isn't it something like the hair from round your arsehole? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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