Hello.
Last night I saw a show about the A.E.2.
The A.E.2 was an Australian Sub that was in Gallipoli and helped the Anzacs land by scaring off a ship that was 12k's away from the landing site had been shelling them.(now, I know 12k's sounds like along way from the landing site for a ship to shell but the thing is that ship had enough fire power to do that.)
The A.E.2 was the only Sub to go almost around the world of the time.
It had a very smart crew and Captain, at one point the Sub had been seen by the enemy and had to go down, and after that there was all these different ships searching for them, the crew also had to stay as still as they could, there was also a ship that was looking for them(in those days there wasn't sonar so they had to use a grappling-hook) with a grappling-hook that the enemy would have sent bombs down if it were to catch on something, but it only scraped along the hull of the Sub, but luckily didn't catch on the hull.
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Hello.
I'm going to talk about yesterday when I marched with Pa in the RSL Anzac March.
The different RSL branches have an Anzac March the Sunday before April 25 so people can march in their local one and in the big city marches if they want.
I do it every year and we use to be able to do the city march but Pa hasn't been able to do that for 2 years now and Pa might not be able to do it this year 'coz he's a bit unwell, with pneumonia.
He was in the R.A.A.F.
He wasn't a pilot but he use to fix up aeroplanes as an electrician.
He has a few medals for his war service and stood up to a higher ranking person when he wouldn't listen to Pa. A lot of Aussies did that.
He also has a Presidential citation that came from President F.D Roosevelt but Prime Minister Menzies blocked Australian servicemen from getting any of them for many years and Pa didn't get his until 1990. 
I reckon he was the best there was at his base.
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