Thursday, December 04, 2008

War Zones

In a final thought on the Vietnam trip, it occured to me yesterday that, as luck would have it, I've been to a good number of the countries which hosted/caused the major conflicts of the 20th century. I've been to:
  • France, Belgium, Italy and Germany from WW1

  • As above, plus the UK, Japan, Hawaii (Pearl Harbour) and even Singapore from WW2

  • Korea

  • Vietnam
The only significant gap that I can think of in this macabre CV is Iraq (from the 1st Gulf War). However, I'm not exactly Robert Capa, chasing danger around the world! I tend to wait until at least 33 years after the end of hostilities to visit the country in question. Therefore, it could be some time before I get round to plugging that gap!
Posted by Aidan at 1:26 pm --------------------

1 comment:

Aidan said...

Robert Capa was a famous Hungarian war photojournalist. He chronicled many conflicts including WW 2, where he landed on D-Day with the troops. His famous phrase was "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."

Unfortunately, he got too close to a landmine in 1954, dying (appropriately enough to this blog lately!) in Vietnam.

2:06 pm

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