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Drawn and edited during my break in revision yesterday.

It was 65th anniversary of D Day and was watching the service on TV with my mum.
I remembered visiting the graves of the fallen soldiers in Normandy a few years ago and I remember how saddening it was to see so many un-named graves, and how awful would it be to not know where a loved one was buried.

So I was overwhelmed with compassion and decided to create this a little piece indiscriminately in memory of all fallen soldiers.

Quote is obviously from For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon.
Quick drawing but I hope you like all the same.



By the way, I also found this war poem particularly moving and I thought I would share it.
The Final Inspection

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:iconshaiiim:
D-Day was quite Terrible.
Great Tribute.

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:iconbasstrebleexe:
Great stuff =) This is a wonderful tribute.

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Indeed it was.
thankyou though.
:iconhollyboo2001:
My grandfather served in WWII, he survived Normandy and went on to serve in the Battle of the Bulge.

This is wonderful tribute. :)
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I found this incredibly touching. As a young American in my early twenties, it never failed to surprise me during my teen years how few people understood the significance of or even knew what occurred on June 6, 1944. It shows a lack of gratitude for the sacrifices made by all the men and women who have ever fought and died to preserve their way of life from a homicidal tyrant that has always deeply saddened me. Thank you for this beautiful tribute to those men.
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I'm really glad other people think like this, it's quite upsetting when some simply disregard important points of our history.
thankyou very much for your lovely comment :aww:
:iconkassis:
Good thing. We must remember.
:iconsolemnlyswear22:
this is really great :)

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KONICA MINOLTA
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Jun 6, 2009, 6:10:32 PM

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