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Old 11th April 2009, 05:58 AM   #146
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Originally Posted by MG1962 View Post
I cant speak for the New Zealanders involved, but from an Australian perspective the thing that seems to have motivated them was a terrible fear of letting themselves down, their mates down and their country down.

I must confess that I have been speaking out of turn on behalf of the Kiwis. I hope a son or daughter of Aotearoa will enlighten us all.



Originally Posted by MG1962 View Post
Like others have mentioned, I too want to visit the area and see what these guys put up with, and what they were trying to achieve, and more importantly say thank you.

I think it is the least I can do for a bunch of guys who created such a source of inspiration and enduring legend

Spoken like a true ANZAC.
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