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A Royal Marine of 20 yrs. I treated his nasty but minor wounds. His wounds are painful, with some minor infection, and he refuses all pain meds. Out of view, I watched today as this Royal Marine was out of bed, IV pole in hand, helping one of our trusted Afghan fighters safely position himself f...

Notice Patton's reaction at the end, when NIMROD was played, music that has great meaning to the British. He gave everything he had to a free HK. It was not to be, but Patton gave his all.

@hkshit1

Yes, the bugle call is Last Post. It might be considered "Last Post and Colours" as it was followed by an anthem. RHKP played Highland Cathedral more powerfully than usual, almost defiantly. A soldier's message, this marked "Personal: For The Governor."

Staff coded the very last HKG t...

Gov Patton has a deep sense of history, seen in this speech. Ends beautifully where it begins at about 5.50. If that does not touch you, then you don't know HK and don't understand the feeling between HK people and The British. Chris Patten was not "a professional," nor did he want to act like on...

@Honeybee930

Patten was the only voice fighting for some fair result. His back was against Poisonous Percy of the Foreign Office. Martin Lee, for all his good intent, was not helpful. Finally the democratic body Patten helped put in place brought what? CHT and his lovely wife Betty, a grand se...

ONLY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY!! Ha, God love em' !!

Are those ANZAC troopers?

@simonmordeci

It rained as if God Himself were crying. I was, and I'm a uniformed service Yank (with a damned good sense of history). I was in uniform out of respect, sitting in the "foreign vip section." With just a "cover," (hat) it was easy to hide the emotion.

@mota307

Thank you, Sir, for reminding me of that wonderful line "and all we asked ...." And to the British and Commonwealth nations, thank you. It's time that we in the west acknowledge brave Russia for it's amazing heroism in WWII.

As a Trauma Doc, I still serve (Col., US Army). It's back to Af...

@Jononutoob Interesting view of the American Soldier. All dumb fucks, ha? I studied at Yale, Oriel/Oxford, and back to Yale with an MD, MPH and FACS (look it up). In the Army for most of that, and now serving as forward as they'll let me, where I can be of most use. The medics I work with have am...

@dsindc Apology accepted. A little confession - I may be a "cautious deist" (Jeffersonian). When in the middle of a young Soldier's chest trying to repair damage done by people of Ultimate Evil, I am honored to enter God's greatest Cathedral. I feel His presence; an intimate place where time st...

I miss HM HKG too, and I'm a Yank! For some years I was in HK working and doing research in Public Health and Trauma medicine as a Trauma Surgeon and a serving US Army Major! In uniform I sure was lonely. But my Chinese and British colleagues were wonderful. I quickly came to love Hong Kong and...

For a more personal performance, for some very sad, search for the closing of government house 1997. Here, in 2009, it a joy just to know that HMHK Police were not disbanded. At least something of the supposed three-party system promise remains.