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Its duties would be taken over by the three Scout districts which made up its membership. Long-service awards were presented at the end of the final meeting to people who had been with the Scouting movement for many years. Awards for 25 years' service were present red to Eric Lewin, Roy Scanlan, Jim Molyneux, Jack Spoor, Joan Cathcart, Tom Franks, John Watts, Sid Bundy and Denis Stanswood. Fifteen-year awards were presented to Molly Graham, John Graham, Ian Johnson, Bernard Parker, John Olliver and David Fisher. Mr Parker was also given a Thanks Badge for his work as secretary and t...

READ MORE: "We definitely have plenty of beer here," he said. The pub was known as the Day Dawn Hotel when, in December 1943, US troops on the way to Port Moresby stopped for the night in Ingham and drank the cellars dry. The following day, sugarcane farmer and poet Dan Sheahan made the 30km horseback trip into town for a refreshment, only to be told the pub was out of the good stuff. Publican Glenn Connell said it was time to move on.(Today) READ MORE: Glumly, Mr Sheahan ordered a glass of red, and sitting in the bar, was inspired by his doleful circumstances to write the poem that, years la...

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Among the American troops storming the beaches of Normandy June 6, 1944, was U.S. Army Technical Sgt. John Collins of Dormont, who took shrapnel in his leg while surviving D-Day. He later was honored with the Silver Star Medal, the United States’ third-highest award for combat valor, and a Purple Heart for the injuries he sustained during the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France. Members of his family take a great deal of pride in his service, and since his death in 1991, they have been taking care of the gravesite he shares with his wife, Hannah, at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Pete...

Remains empty. i want to take you inside the amphitheater, because the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is just getting ready now to address. this is general martin dempsey with his remarks. >> the second members of congress, distinguished veterans, fellow americans and most especially the families of our missing and fallen warriors. welcome. 150 years ago this november at the soldiers' national cemetery in gettysburg, pennsylvania, president abraham lincoln delivered one of the most monumental and enduring speeches in american history. in his gettysburg address delivered at a ceremony no...