ENTERTAINMENT - A history of "Taps"

http://www.usmemorialday.org/taps.html

ENTERTAINMENT - Memorial Day pics and stuff

CULTURE/SOCIETY - For each death, a hole in the world

Soldiers are not chunks of identical clay; each of them has a story, their own reasons for being caught in a war.

Brave? Maybe - sometimes, under some conditions. Scared, mostly. The younger they are, the more likely their presence had to do with restlessness, cockiness. The need to be part of a winning team, the desire to even a score. Kick ass, take names. Kill them all, let God sort them out.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/each-death-hole-world-0

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Transgender Day of Remembrance: More Than a List of Names

Each observance is different, representing the uniqueness of the local transgender communities that organize them. Some are very formal, others more folksy; some feel like a church service, while others are more like a civil rights rally. However, almost all share one element in common: a reading of the names of people murdered over the last 12 months simply because they were transgender or someone believed them to be. This year's list has 256 names on it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/allyson-d-robinson/transgender-day-of-remembrance-more-than-a-list-of-names_b_2159093.html

ENTERTAINMENT: Donald Duck and his days in The Army

It’s Veterans Day today in the United States. It’s a day where we honor any veteran who have served in the military in our country. My dad, Charles Smith, and his father Charles Smith senior are both vets. My dad served in the Coast Guard for 25 years and my grandfather served and fought in the Korean War. Second to them, obviously, my favorite vet is Donald Duck; and in his honor and everyone else who has served here are some Disney animations featuring Donald Duck and his time served in the Army.

http://theanimationarchive.com/post/35503399755/fall-out-fall-in-1943-directed-by-jack-king

CULTURE/SOCIETY: The real reason of Veterans Day

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Happy Veterans Day

https://twitter.com/brunoposts/status/267622493685161984

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Sunday Funnies: Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day in America. This is a holiday where we show thanks to our military service-people for fighting in wars to protect our freedoms. I’m thankful that I have the freedom of speech. If I were not permitted to voice my opinions, I think I would lose my mind. So this SF we are celebrating our holiday with a few funnies. Enjoy!

http://lezgetreal.com/2012/11/sunday-funnies-veterans-day/

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Veterans Day 101: How Did it Start and What It Means

Veterans Day is a solemn and thoughtful time where we give thanks to all of those that have served in America's military forces. A day where we can hopefully take a brief respite from our partisan bickering to pay homage to those that made it all possible.

Because while the war in Iraq is essentially over, Afghanistan begins to wind down, and we start using drones for everything from surveillance to attacking nothing can replace the efforts of our veterans past and present. And let's hope we can make the right decisions as a country for the sake of the veterans of the future. Here are four things to know about Veterans Day.

http://www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/18928/veterans-day-101-how-did-it-start-and-what-it-means

MY LIFE: Some things are better left on your childhood!

Heard this song earlier today! Hadn't heard it since I was a kid! Wished it had stayed that way!

http://www.last.fm/music/Bo+Donaldson+&+The+Heywoods/_/Billy,+Don't+Be+A+Hero

ENTERTAINMENT: How did the Nazis get a hold of one of those?

CULTURE/SOCIETY: The ultimate sacrifice

http://www.classwarfareexists.com/picture-of-the-day-haunting-image/

CULTURE/SOCIETY: A log about soldiers

http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox/

ENTERTAINMENT: Support your soldiers!

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Memorial Day: How it's changed and why some oppose a 3-day weekend

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120525-memorial-day-weekend-2012-may-national-cemetery-cultures/?source=link_tw20120528news-memorialday

CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Lost Art of Memorial Day: Are We Really Honoring Our Nation’s Falken?

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/05/28/captain-america-and-nine-more-great-comics-military-men/

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Good thing to remember today!

HUMOR and CULTURE/SOCIETY: How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

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CULTURE/SOCIETY: Africa's Forgotten Soldiers

Heard this recently in a podcast from the BBC. When I was in Africa, I always thought a book about the African fighters in World War II would make an interesting book!

I first learned about this myself when I was teaching in southern Africa. I was waiting the Immigration office to open from lunch. And it was next to the city park so I was just hanging out there since it was a nice day.

And I checked out the sculpture in the middle on it. On it was listed all the countrymen who had died in World War I and II. Until then, I didn't know that Africans had fought in the World Wars!

I talked to the older folks in the country and they told me of relatives who fought in the north part of Africa and even in Europe!

So if that peaks your interest, give this show a listen! - OlderMusicGeek

Africa's Forgotten Soldiers

Seventy years after the start of the Second World War the overwhelming impression is of a conflict fought on the battlefields of Europe by white troops.

Britain’s war effort was bolstered by soldiers from the white Commonwealth – Australia, Canada and New Zealand and later by the United States.

The war in the Far East is often overlooked, as is the fighting that took place in Africa. Yet one million African troops participated in the conflict, fighting their way through the jungles of Burma, across the Libyan deserts and in the skies over London.

For Africa the war began in 1935, when Italian forces backed by Eritrean troops, invaded Ethiopia.



Ethiopian guerrilla forces, known as the Patriots, continued fighting even after Emperor Haile Selassie fled to England. After 1939 Britain began an intensive programme of recruiting soldiers from across its African colonies. Some were conscripted by force, others were only too keen to sign up.

An intensive programme of training got under way, to turn raw recruits, many of whom had never left their own village, into soldiers.

For a good number it was a real shock: the first time they had eaten processed food, the first time they had seen the ocean, the first time they had been taught to read and write. And all too soon they were transported thousands of miles from home, to fight on foreign soil.

It was years before they would come home, since home leave was almost impossible. When they did return they found little had changed, but their own experiences were entirely new and some went on to fight for their liberation of their own countries from colonial rule.

In this documentary, Martin Plaut hears first hand from the African troops who participated in the war – and who played a critical part in freeing the world from the threat of fascism.

First broadcast 13 November 2009

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