tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post2375583928502947202..comments2024-02-06T18:46:04.220+10:00Comments on Real World Libertarian: On the road again.Jim Fryarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-58088107469637019722009-12-06T23:12:17.065+10:002009-12-06T23:12:17.065+10:00Thanks for the reference to it Bawb, I knew I had ...Thanks for the reference to it Bawb, I knew I had seen it before. I actually had a sniff around the net to try to locate it but missed the obvious.<br /><br />My father talked a few times of the incredible backup your guys gave in places like Finchaven and Lae. One of his recollections was of a US field hospital he ended up in for a time, and the amazement he felt at waking up between clean sheets for the first time in months.Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-42661294355169077022009-12-06T11:41:28.315+10:002009-12-06T11:41:28.315+10:0025 pounder field gun of the 2/3 Field Regiment, Ro...25 pounder field gun of the 2/3 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery being emplaced at Boram Strip near Wewak, New Guinea, June 1945.<br /><br />Date: 7 June 1945<br />Australian War Memorial catalogue number 092988<br /><br />See, some Americans realize that someone else actually fought in WWII too.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-53162746416638241322009-12-06T01:24:50.926+10:002009-12-06T01:24:50.926+10:00Actually Bawb, that photo is familiar, I am not ce...Actually Bawb, that photo is familiar, I am not certain but I have a feeling that these are Aussie troops, possibly WW2 or Korea. The 25 pounder was extensively used by us.<br /><br />The gaiters on the boots of the guy closest right look like ours from that era, as well as the hats.Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-8552569932410763102009-11-26T05:57:45.788+10:002009-11-26T05:57:45.788+10:00Of interest:
UK jails schizophrenic for maintainin...Of interest:<br />UK jails schizophrenic for maintaining right to silence<br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl/" title="UK jails schizophrenic for maintaining right to silence" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-53753592618163167632009-11-23T00:23:32.354+10:002009-11-23T00:23:32.354+10:00For all who were wondering, that is a 25-pounder, ...For all who were wondering, that is a 25-pounder, or, technically, Ordnance, Q.F., 25-pdr. Now those of you who were lying awake nights wondering what kind of gun that was can rest easy at last.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.com