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A tribute to Gods Own Lunatics
Not sure where to put this gents,
The old man must have listened to this dozens of times, that thousand yard stare coming over him. He says "I kinda want to be back there and I don't want to be there at all - all at the same time".
He reckoned some of you guys might understand that....
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Dear Robin,
Although it is an American voice over it is not, in my opinion, an exaggeration. Everything the narrator says is true for me and for all NZ infantrymen that I know. I’m sure it will have special meaning for you too.
It is something we will always remember, especially when we hear the Huey's fly past. I hear them often both by day and at night as I sit in my home office here in Devonport near the Naval Yard. I shall miss them when they are eventually decommissioned. It would be good if some of us could be at their decommissioning ceremony.
Thank you and your Chopper Pilot colleagues for what you did for us.
Kind regards,
COL(R) Chris M RNZIR
Auckland
New Zealand
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
-- Phillip Brooks
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp"
-- Robert Browning
"Hooah! Pushing thru the shit til Daisies grow, Sir"
-- Me
"Malo mori quam foedari"
"Death before Dishonour"
-- Family Coat-of-Arms Maxim
"Mārohirohi! Kia Kaha!"
"Be strong! Drive-on!"
-- Māori saying
Last edited by Scimitar; 02-22-2011 at 23:03.
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