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I actually think a veterans day is a better idea that the day we have - with us it's still very much the ethos of The Four Feathers - that it is glorious to go and fight and die for your country, and that nauseates me. I'm not saying that I wouldn't've signed up, at least for an auxiliary position if I'd needed to, I couldn't have fought - but I wouldn't do it for glory, I'd do it out of necessity and defensiveness.