10 Responses to “November 11, 2009”

1. 1.   Curious Wavefunction Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 11:38 am

   Have you seen the movie “Flags of our Fathers”? It nicely and poignantly details the story behind that photo, and is based on James Bradley’s book with the same title.

2. 2.   Michael Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 11:54 am

   As a US combat veteran, I’d like to say thanks for showing that photo.

   There is a lot more to say, but I’ll just leave it at ‘thanks’.

3. 3.   Sheril Kirshenbaum Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   It’s a small way to say thanks to veterans everywhere.

4. 4.   John Kwok Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   @ Curious Wavefunction -

   The author was James Brady, not Bradley. Unfortunately he passed away last year.

   @ Sheril -

   ‘Tis a most fitting tribute and I am glad you remembered them. I join you in saying thanks not only to all of our veterans but also to the men and women who proudly wear the uniforms of the United States’s armed forces: United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines and the United States Coast Guard.

5. 5.   Vindrisi Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

   And on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918, the guns fell silent and the fury of the final salvos, and the most terrible war the planet had known till then ended with more than 16 million dead, 21 million physically wounded, tens of millions more psychologically traumatized, and a world forever changed…

   We too often forget that part of this day…

6. 6.   Heidi Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

   Thanks to the US Air Force, too.

7. 7.   John Kwok Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

   @ Heidi -

   Oops, I forgot about them. I concur completely.

8. 8.   Curious Wavefunction Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

   Hi John, the author was James Bradley, not Brady:

   http://www.amazon.com/Flags-Our-Fathers-Young Peoples/dp/0440229200/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6

9. 9.   body armor Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

   Thank you to all of our military from wars past and present who gave their lives for for Freedom. Thank you.

10. 10.   MadScientist Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 5:20 am

    It’s Armistice Day in Europe – so that photo of the US flag being raised on Iwo jima is out of place. The war in the Pacific will rage on until Fat Boy and Thin Man make their appearance on stage.