pferguson | March 29, 2024
Courage – Honor – Sacrifice After several days visit to Waikiki to relax and seek an even keel…I have walked…from Natatorium to Fort DeRussy…wandered Honolulu in search of familiar old buildings. Found new and old to photograph. Been amused amongst the waves, drifted with the current, seen new living species, found cognac in the waters […]
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Tags: 7 December 1941, Arizona Memorial, Courage, Everett Hyland, Greatest Generation, Honor, Pearl Harbor, Sacrifice, USS Arizona, USS Missouri, USS Pennsylvania, War Memorials
pferguson | September 10, 2015
The Ordinary with the Extraordinary All nations have their awards and many of these symbols of valour (valor), honour (honor), bravery, and courage are well known. They take on many names such as the Victoria Cross, the Légion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerre, Ritterkreuz (Iron Cross), and the Medal of Honor. In earlier times, gallantry was […]
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Tags: "Jackie" Smyth VC MC, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, 8th Canadian Infantry Batalion, A bit of coloured ribbon, Alexander Brereton, Amiens (France), Armillaies, Bravery, British Army, Burg Linn Museum Center (Krefeld Germany), Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, Conspicuous Service Cross, Courage, Crimea War, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Flying Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service ORder, Distingusied Service Cross, Extraordinary, George Cross, Great War, Humility, Imperial War Museum, Indian Army, Iron Cross, James Magennis VC, Johnson Beharry VC, King George V, Legion of Honour, Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Lord Michael Ashcroft, Medal of Honor, Military Cross, Military Medal, Modesty, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ordinary, Parvillers (France), Phaleraes, Polybius, Ritterkreuz, Roman Gallantry Awards, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, the Légion d’Honneur, Thomas Dinesen, Torcs, Valor, Valour, VC & GC Gallery, Victoria Cross, William Harold Coltman VC DCM* MM*
pferguson | February 27, 2011
The Ones That Went Before The King’s Speech has been an important film, allowing David Seidler, whose hero was the King, put pen to paper because they shared a struggle with words. And yet the man who brought these words to the film, and given the King his voice to us from the pages of […]
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Tags: Courage, Dr. Harold Gillies, Gillies Archives, Plastic Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, The King's Speech, Wounded
