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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J
While going through the "wear you red poppy with pride" I thought about an article I had read about the veterans of a WWII "suicide mission" These are the men who sailed the artic convoys to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia. Now after years of campaigning the MOD commisioned an Artic Emblem this year which is great apart from the fact to quote one of the vetarans who had a "badge that looked like it came out of a crisp packet" which many are disgusted with. Its about the size of a penny and looks more "like a shirt button" leading to some refusing to accept it.
I happen to think that it is disgusting that this happened and is an insult to the surviving families of those who did not return. These men not only had to endure the cold uboats and certain death if they fell in the water (too dangerous to retrieve survivors) but the sight of those that did die in the water after being torpedoed. There may have been soldiers and mariens on these ships but i believe that all the merchent seamen who maned ships in convoy's were volunteers, though I could be wrong. To treat them this way gives the impression that the MOD dosnt give a blue tit about these men and families. I hope these deskbound soft handed jobs for life bums are proud of themselves for doing this disgusting thing!!!
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For those interested
It's not a lot for what these Men and their familys laid down.
Medals - The Arctic Emblem