US General Douglas MacArthur wants to return to Darwin and, to use a shock and awe military expression, kick ass, from the top.
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Little Darwin alerted “ government strategist,” Fred McCue , to the fact that Darwin’s War Memorial has glaring errors , and asked what steps the Chief Minister, Paul Henderson, will take to remedy this extremely embarrassing situation. Oddly, there was no response . We asked again . No response . Let it be known that anybody –ANYBODY-including some who seem not to have advanced much beyond writing on slates , that we do not desist.
Apart from US president Obama expected to pay homage to those killed in conflicts when he makes his stopover here in a matter of days , next year will be the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese . These are the memorial errors which should have been picked up years ago : the Philippines is wrongly given as Phillipines ; Netherlands East Indies is incorrectly Netherland’s East Indies and instead of United Nations Peacekeeping , it is United Nation Peacekeeping . If these errors are not corrected by February 19 next year , then Darwin should hang its head in shame-especially the Chief Minister, the Darwin City Council, the RSL, the large committee planning next year’s 70th anniversary, and others.
Apart from US president Obama expected to pay homage to those killed in conflicts when he makes his stopover here in a matter of days , next year will be the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese . These are the memorial errors which should have been picked up years ago : the Philippines is wrongly given as Phillipines ; Netherlands East Indies is incorrectly Netherland’s East Indies and instead of United Nations Peacekeeping , it is United Nation Peacekeeping . If these errors are not corrected by February 19 next year , then Darwin should hang its head in shame-especially the Chief Minister, the Darwin City Council, the RSL, the large committee planning next year’s 70th anniversary, and others.
