For freedom, patriotism & civilised humanity.
Reflecting upon American passion for freedom and the role America played in 1944 and 1945 in ending Japanese colonialism in Indonesia, Jakarta poet Maman A Majd Binfas sent me the above Indonesian words.
Lest We Forget
Geoff Fox, 7th January 2021, Down Under
The film below is a fictional account of two brothers, Billo and Craig, on a Royal Australian Navy ship in World War Two.
When they go to war, men can do terrible things. (So we talk softly, if the world forces us to carry a big stick.)
Geoff Fox, Jakarta, 17/12/2018
