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Vets' diary
"It's a strange feeling walking along the beach and knowing Dad walked along it 95 years ago..."

Season for Anzac tales
Another Anzac Day remembered (this is the 95th anniversary) and another clutch of books with military themes have appeared...

VC hero returns from the war ... business class
Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

Veterans view Anzac battlegrounds
Veterans in Gallipoli for the 95th Anniversary of the landings on Anzac Day had their first look at the battleground sites yesterday.

Students tell tale of fallen old boys
When the Last Post sounds on Sunday, a group of Sacred Heart College boys will be transported back to France where they stood at the graves of past students who gave their lives for their country.

Veterans in flight to remember
Eddy Marr left his teeth behind in his packing for Gallipoli.

White poppy appeal 'picking a fight' - MP
Peace activists have been accused of "trading off" the famous red poppy brand.

Survivor of Bosnia's death camps faces demons at trial
'Some died silently - they just didn't have enough air to breathe. I had to drink my own urine because there was no water,' death camp survivor Ahmet Zulic told the war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic.

God can't save Queen from Anzac dumping
A decision to dump God Save the Queen from this year's Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne has angered monarchists.

White lies and war
Filmmaker Gaylene Preston, who put the wartime memories of women, including her mother, on film, has turned her attention to her father's war.

<i>The Pacific</i> offers gritty re-enactment of war
Viewers of The Pacific will be rewarded if they can stand the gritty reality, writes Pacific War veteran Harry Bioletti.

Kiwis under fire in Afghanistan
New Zealand soldiers serving in Afghanistan came under enemy fire for the second time in five months after they were attacked by insurgents yesterday.