Victory Day And Victory Parades. - Page 23

Tal Inbar · 05-10-2010, 03:05 PM

deValcourt · 05-10-2010, 11:05 PM

Bill, you've changed your avatar? Nice.

This is a strange coincidence and only slightly related to the topic here, but I just heard a segment on the local public radio station called "From the Poet Laureate's Shelf" and my distant cousin (a professor at our university) was just reading a poem about soldiers returning to their wives and lives here in the US after WWII. I don't know who wrote it (though he thinks himself a poet and isn't altogether bad), but I thought it timely since no other media venues here paid much attention to Europe this weekend. Even the rather ironic and sad death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski only made the crawler on most of the American 24-hour news channels.

Phillip

deValcourt · 05-11-2010, 12:14 AM

Is there any truth that the "PC Police" altered the original crushed swastika to keep from offending some folks?

Phillip

ph3s · 05-11-2010, 02:27 AM

I don't think so, It has been done with the monument in Austria definitely. But this one as far as I remember always has crushed swastika under the sword and foot

deValcourt · 05-11-2010, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ph3s

I don't think so, It has been done with the monument in Austria definitely. But this one as far as I remember always has crushed swastika under the sword and foot

Austria, that's where it was. I just got them mixed in my memory (not hard these days).

Phillip

Auke · 05-11-2010, 04:27 PM

I was in Moscow on 9 May but the entire parade route area was inaccessible. The MVD had closed off of all the streets leading towards Red Square and Tverskaya Street. We were standing about 400 yards from Red Square, and there we could only see the planes flying past. A real bummer...

I did see a lot of veterans though, I will post some pictures soon.

latinmajorac · 05-11-2010, 07:44 PM

Great Video Tal, thank you for posting!

Simon · 05-11-2010, 11:00 PM

Does anybody know what was a colorful mop-looking thing that American troops carried at the parade?

Tal Inbar · 05-12-2010, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Does anybody know what was a colorful mop-looking thing that American troops carried at the parade?

Campaign and other Ribbons for units. there are to many for a banner, hence another pole.

Simon · 05-12-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Tal Inbar

Campaign and other Ribbons for units. there are to many for a banner, hence another pole.

Thank you.

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05-10-2010, 11:05 PM	#222
deValcourt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cajun Country Age: 56 Posts: 1,565	Re: Victory Parade 2010 Bill, you've changed your avatar? Nice. This is a strange coincidence and only slightly related to the topic here, but I just heard a segment on the local public radio station called "From the Poet Laureate's Shelf" and my distant cousin (a professor at our university) was just reading a poem about soldiers returning to their wives and lives here in the US after WWII. I don't know who wrote it (though he thinks himself a poet and isn't altogether bad), but I thought it timely since no other media venues here paid much attention to Europe this weekend. Even the rather ironic and sad death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski only made the crawler on most of the American 24-hour news channels. Phillip __________________ Phillip

05-11-2010, 12:14 AM	#223
deValcourt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cajun Country Age: 56 Posts: 1,565	Re: 9th of May in Berlin Is there any truth that the "PC Police" altered the original crushed swastika to keep from offending some folks? Phillip __________________ Phillip

05-11-2010, 02:27 AM	#224
ph3s Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: £ U.c K. Posts: 189	Re: 9th of May in Berlin I don't think so, It has been done with the monument in Austria definitely. But this one as far as I remember always has crushed swastika under the sword and foot __________________ whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger (c)

05-11-2010, 04:27 PM	#226
Auke Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 762	Re: Victory Parade 2010 I was in Moscow on 9 May but the entire parade route area was inaccessible. The MVD had closed off of all the streets leading towards Red Square and Tverskaya Street. We were standing about 400 yards from Red Square, and there we could only see the planes flying past. A real bummer... I did see a lot of veterans though, I will post some pictures soon.

05-11-2010, 07:44 PM	#227
latinmajorac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Bloomfield MI Age: 36 Posts: 146	Re: Victory Parade 2010 Great Video Tal, thank you for posting! __________________ Money for College $0 Money for text books $0 Money for Food $0 Somehow finding money for my next medal purchase? Priceless starving college kid: will do calculus for Medals Newly promoted to the Deputy Kapusta Commander position

05-11-2010, 11:00 PM	#228
Simon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 173	Re: Victory Parade 2010 Does anybody know what was a colorful mop-looking thing that American troops carried at the parade?

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