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"Cheetah99218" Degenerated@Cats wrote in message
... Thousands of under-age Tommies threw their lives away in WWI singing this: Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile boys, that's the style. What's the use of worrying? It never did a thing worthwhile, so Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile... Would Prince William have been expected to "take the King's shilling"? https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...slaughter.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29934965 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-forever.html Interesting videos: https://tinyurl.com/ybpe3ubt Before Uncle Sam wanted YOU, there was Lord Kitchener. I wonder what people thought after Kitchener himself was killed in 1916... |
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On 2018-11-14 11:45:57 -0800, "Byker" said:
"Cheetah99218" Degenerated@Cats wrote in message ... Thousands of under-age Tommies threw their lives away in WWI singing this: Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile boys, that's the style. What's the use of worrying? It never did a thing worthwhile, so Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile... Would Prince William have been expected to "take the King's shilling"? https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...slaughter.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29934965 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-forever.html Interesting videos: https://tinyurl.com/ybpe3ubt Before Uncle Sam wanted YOU, there was Lord Kitchener. I wonder what people thought after Kitchener himself was killed in 1916... The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and informative. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A -- Regards, Savageduck |
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"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2018111421174775591-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and informative. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A Wow. They ought to offer college credit for that one ;-) |
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On 2018-11-15 19:54:57 +0000, "Byker" said:
"Savageduck" wrote in message news:2018111421174775591-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and informative. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A Wow. They ought to offer college credit for that one ;-) Agree! Especially if they add Barbara Tuchman's "Proud Tower" and "The Guns of August" to the reading list. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Which branch of the military did YOU serve in?
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"General Nuisance" wrote in message ...
Which branch of the military did YOU serve in? USAF |
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