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Records tell of specific campaigns and battles and of many individual acts of courage which turned the tide of war. They
note the skilful strategies and the brilliant leadership. All these must be remembered. But other aspects of war much also
be included in our histories. With every battle over this century, extremes of temperature, mud, mutilation, mind-numbing
fatigue, fear and death were daily realities. While most of us have not experienced these hardships we can try to understand
what the combatants experienced and learn from the survivors.
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In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce
heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In
Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye
break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
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