To the bigots among us, Japan is our ally, having carried themselves now for 75+ years in the utmost dignity and peace, and see more below.
To the hippies among us, sometimes war comes knocking on your door, and those who value their hides, survive.
For better or for worse, our past has had an influence on our present day. We do not glorify war, neither do we ignore the past or ignore words just because they have been (or still are) associated with an obnoxious ideology, but we take stock of ourselves and our present circumstances and make a better future as best we can.
Peace muh fellow Souls,
----- Forwarded message from Andrew Hastie
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1. Pte Inglis and Pte Pie of C Company, 2/8 Infantry Battalion in the Wewak area of New Guinea, 27 March 1945. 2. Flt Lt Edward Manton Christensen, leading a flight of Beaufort Bomber aircraft of No. 100 Squadron RAAF in for a bombing run over the Wewak area, 20 January 1945. Flt Lt Christensen—originally a grocery store manager of Northam, WA—was lost on operations three days later. 3. Two Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force Auxflight mechanics checking aircraft engine components at No. 7 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Tocumwal, NSW. C. 1944. 4. Sailors aboard HMAS Perth. HMAS Perth served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theatres during WW2. She was sunk fighting superior forces in the Battle of Sunda Strait on 1 March 1942. Former Prime Minister Ben Chifley. Chifley announced the end of the war on Radio on 15 August 1945. Read or listen to Prime Minister Chifley's speech here https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/r?u=lHfTqlaDqpL0-NBcgSv3lJTQ0xi5qZF3K2NXxn610FCZSAEnQ82y8qcfmb-UtpLpQZijDiKJ1727GpGwSFPaeg&e=5d794473386a71d6b95b8df008dbef9b&utm_source=andrewhastie&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklyupdate26&n=2&test_email=1.
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1. A reconstruction of the Battle of Long Tan, 18-19 August 1966, between 'D' Company and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces. Several events that happened at intervals during the battle are shown here happening simultaneously. 2. Silent homage by three men of the Special Air Service Regiment at a memorial service for the eighteen Australians who died in the battle of Long Tan. The service was held on the former battlefield, in the middle of a rubber plantation, where a simple concrete cross marks the site. 18 August 1970. 3. Three soldiers from D company, 6th battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), take a break as they gather Australian weapons left on the battlefield of Long Tan after the action of the previous night. Left to right: Pte Hodder of Ayr, QLD, Pte Burstall of Ballarat, VIC, and Pte Dettman of Tingha, NSW. 19 August 1966. Vietnam Veteran's Day, 18 August 2020, at the Mandurah War Memorial. -=-=- Andrew Hastie MP - Australia This email was sent to zenandrwhst@freedbms.net. To stop receiving emails: https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/unsubscribe Authorised by Andrew Hastie MP, Liberal Party of Australia, Mandurah WA -=-=- ----- End forwarded message -----