'Lest We Forget' This morning we crossed the Dardanelles from Çanakkale to Gallipoli. ANZAC Cove was our first stop, the landing site for the NZ forces. They were expecting an easy, leisurely climb up the hills to the high ground, but they missed their site and drifted a mile north, to steep cliffs and nearly impassable terrain, manned by Turkish machine guns. They were slaughtered, of the 1000 that landed over 300 were cut down almost instantly. There is a commemorative site and a graveyard here, the solemnity hangs over the place like a cloud. Mark, Zac and I all shed tears in the graveyard, there is an atmosphere of extreme sadness in this beautiful, serene place. The graves are mostly for boys, 17, 18, 19 years old, cut down before their life could even begin.
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