Vetrens day

Michael Carter Llaneza wrote
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A friend of mine's father won the Silver Star in WWII, I shook his hand right
then and there. He was surprised, so I was annoyed about America for a while
(again, still?).
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My Great Uncle won the Victoria's Cross in WWII, yet the only thing he had in
his house to show for it was his portrait (All VC winners get 2 portraits, one
for the War Memorial in Canberra and one for their own). He was one of the
most unasuming person I ever met, yet I was awed to meet him. After all, you
dont get the Crimean Brass for nothing. My father said that Reg thought that
others where just as worthy if not more so than he was, he was lucky to have
the right people see his actions.

My father said (unfortunately Reg lived in West Wylong, about 500km away from
where I lived, so I only met the man once before he died) that Reg came back
fom the war, and just picked up where he left off, working the land. Yet as a
'cocky' he was a crack shot, shooting a japanese sniper out of a tree to the
amaizment to an officer (an action Reg believes helped him get the VC,
apparently the officer was really impressed).

ObGZG: Cpl Reg Ratty won his VC charging 2 Machine gun nests during the
Bougenville campaign. In GZG Terms, the squad was suppressed, but 1 man made a
desision to do something about it. Can SGII represent this is, or is this a
FMAS level combat, and can it be actually modeled in the game?

Darryl

> At 08:53 15/11/99 +1000, you wrote:
I grew up in West Wyalong and Old Reg was a friend both to my father and
grandfather. He was a cheerful old bloke who I usually saw perched up one end
of the bar and who called me "little Wilkie" (Dad got Wilkie) until the day he
died. I had seen him march on ANZAC Day which wasn't really odd because it
seemed that all the men in our town around a certain age marched. I never
heard mention of any awards for bravery until after he died. I can only wonder
at how many more are like him who came home without fuss and just carried on?
I guess we will never know and that is just how Reg wanted it.

Wilko.

> ObGZG: Cpl Reg Ratty won his VC charging 2 Machine gun nests during the