Mike wrote:
> >Remembering casualties of a long forgotten war. Royal Marines Light
> >Infantry buried in a foreign land. In this war there were no deaths due
> >to enemy fire rather due to disease, drowning and accidental gunshot by
> >a brother.
> >
> >http://www.interisland.net/watershed/mike/memorial.jpg
> >
>
Chris responded:
> Nice photo Mike, and a decent thought... but where is it? It looks
> like a little copse on East Falkland, but there were lots of gunshots
> there, then.
This "war" was over the boundary between the US and British in the
Pacific NW in the straits north of Juan de Fuca. The only casualty by
hostile act was a pig, hence it is called the pig war. The Kaiser
mediated and set the current boundary. For more info see:
http://www.nps.gov/sajh/home.htm
It is a pleasant place to take the dogs for our daily walks.
mike
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