UK Veterans Badge

[Bader40]

Thanks Marion, enough said...next topic please

[Walt's Daughter]

You got it kid!

[colinhotham]

I second that, thanks to you both.

 

Colin.

[chucktoo1926]

Colin ; I say---Wear it. It's a way for your country to say , "Well Done"

 

There should be a Medal that America could give to every Brit & Scot back in WWII' for what they did. Against a superior army ( only in size) with massive armament, they should have taken you like THAT, except for one thing. They mistook your quiet way as defeatism. They forgot your upper lip. Here is a conclusion of Churchill's speech to the House of Commons At outbreak of WWII.

 

Closing remarks

We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy?

 

I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.

 

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory; victory at all costs; victory in spite of all terror; victory, however long and hard the road may be. For without victory, there is no survival.

 

Let that be realized: no survival for the British Empire; no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal.

 

But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."

 

To me, an American, this man was the greatest human being of the 20th century. No; of our time. Without him, there would not have been a "D-DAY"

 

So go ahead and wear your badge; A lot of brave people paid for it.

[Walt's Daughter]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/chu...ill_audio.shtml

[chucktoo1926]

Thanks Mare!!!

 

Ever since our independance, has there ever been "ONE" other country that has steadfast stood by us, no matter what the rest of the planet thought, in our hope for all people's freedom. If there is, enlighten me.