FReeper Canteen ~ Cpl Apiata, NZ, Awarded Victoria Cross

Serving The Best Troops In The World | Diehard the Hunter & The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Corporal Bill Henry "Willy" Apiata, VC (born 28 June 1972 in Mangakino, New Zealand) is a member of the Special Air Service of New Zealand and the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. He is also the first New Zealander to be awarded a Victoria Cross since 1943. He received the award on July 2, 2007 for bravery under fire during the Afghanistan conflict in 2004, after carrying a wounded compatriot across a battlefield to receive medical treatment.

Fanfare For The Common Man

God Defend New Zealand

Po Karekare Ana

How Bizarre

Temaeva Haka

Queen Victoria chose the design for the new decoration. It is in the form of a Maltese Cross ensigned with the Royal Crest and a scroll inscribed simply "For Valour". It is connected by a V-shaped link to a bar engraved on the face with the recipient's name. The date of the deed for which the honour is bestowed is engraved on the back of the Cross itself. It is worn on the left breast, before all other medals and awards, suspended from a 1½-inch wide red ribbon. Originally the VC ribbon was blue for the Navy, and dark red for the Army. Since 1918, all VC awards use the crimson shade. The medal itself was, and still is, made of bronze melted down from the Russian cannons captured at Sevastopol in the Crimean War.

The Haka

Pacific Colours

Kilikiti Dance

Tarakihi (The Locust)

Po Ata Rau

The Special Air Service of New Zealand (NZ SAS) was formed on July 7, 1955 as an elite New Zealand Army and highly-secretive unit capable of undertaking special missions. It was modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS).

The New Zealand Government states that NZ SAS is the "premier combat unit of the New Zealand Defence Force", is based in Auckland, and has the motto "who dares wins".

The elite unit is "capable of undertaking unconventional warfare". Its key roles are to undertake overseas missions and respond to domestic terrorist attacks.

The New Zealand SAS is held in high regard internationally - as demonstrated by the United States Presidential Citation awarded to the NZSAS on 7 December 2004.

Please remember that The Canteen is Family Friendly.

[Tamar1973]

Hugs it’s been a while.

Indeed, it's been too long!

[luvie]

Quit bacause you have your 40lK and you need to spend more time with those cuties! :D

Freepmail, Big Guy!

[TASMANIANRED]

Better watch it Tamar..I’ve heard about spontaneous combustion...

[luvie]

By Christmas she’ll be playing in her first Christmas concert. She’s growing up too fast! :(

[TASMANIANRED]

It has been too long and now I have to run.

Just durn,durn, durn.

Love all ya’lls.

Night all.

God Bless our troops and all that love and support them.

[luvie]

Methinks you speak from experience. :D

Gotta go to bed, Sissy!

See ya tomorrow night? We’ll be rockin’ the night away!

[Tamar1973]

Korean beans and rice? Hmmm....you mean azuki beans? The closest recipe i found is Pah Jook or Rice and Beans

Their recipe uses kidney beans. I've never made it myself so I don't know if it's any good or not.

[Tamar1973]

I used to live in South Korea. If I'd died from spontaneous combustion, it would have happened there. LOL!

[Tamar1973]

G’night, Taz!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Tamar....something for every taste. Lots of caffeine I assume. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Taz...((HUGS))...safe journey.

[Kathy in Alaska]

All these missing girls....too sad, and almost all with bad endings.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Luv...((HUGS))...thanks for helping honor our troops.

[BIGLOOK]

No, not it. But Big Time thanks for looking.

It seems so easy to divine the recipe for a simple dish that you're enjoying......but then.... it's gone.

(I've tried to replicate the dish but didn't come close.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Luv.....#100!!
HJ.....#150!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

How about a donut?

Coffee is always on........

Or a sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Jade Falcon, for helping keep us free.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sandford, Kenneth (1963). The Mark of the Lion: Charles Upham, Victoria Cross and Bar, Washburn, Auckland. A book-length biography

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss...((HUGS))...a working Friday? The hometown team playing at home Saturday night?