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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 07:16 PM Original message |
CNN/AP: Last survivor of 1914 WWI 'Christmas Truce' dies |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. May that Magic Overtake the World |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Beautifully said, Demeter. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Deleted message |
Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. that gave me chills |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 02:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. The Magic is still alive |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I think that's likely the case in many wars |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. But how to awaken the sheeple? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Amazing story. Recommended for all to read. n/t |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. What an experience, what a life! |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Christmas in the Trenches" John McCutcheon |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kick, for a must-read. |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Last survivor of 'Christmas truce' tells of his sorrow |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. What a leap of faith on both sides |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. The movie, "A Midnight Clear", 1992, surprised me with its intensity. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's not this incident |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Okay, I'm confused. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Sam Phillips |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ah. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. That war, that terrible war |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have always loved this story - nominated n/t |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. insert Blackadder reference here |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Remember the last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 09:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. beautiful ending, I thought |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. I love the story of the Christmas truce |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Here is a pic |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. I heard an interview with Alfred Anderson on NPR today. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Does anyone here know the story of |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Bader |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 06:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Thank you nt |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. "Honor" is the word I would use |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. honor is the word |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 08:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Nothing too honorable and chivalrous |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. You know, the hippies were right |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. The story of the Christmas Truce has always proved deeply inspirational |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. The story of the Christmas Truce is heart-wrenching |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It lasted from Christmas day to Jan 3, 1915........ |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. But only in certain sectors. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. If the generals and politicians who started war were made to fight it |
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KDLarsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. I've been reading a book on the truce lately |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thank you, KD, for alerting us to this book. nt |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. The passing of an age (heard his last BBC interview today on NPR) |
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tired_in_tulsa (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. May he rest in peace |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 09:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Thank you for posting, tired_in_tulsa, and welcome to DU. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. As those horrors recede, our inclination to repeat them rises. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
44. STAAAAND....TO! |
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