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| At ANZAC Cove, our guide, Orhan Sezener, introduced us to the background and early stages of the months-long battle for the ramparts above. |
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| There were so many grave markers--young men from Australia and New Zealand. |
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| Such a beautiful site on the Aegean, but with so much sadness. |
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| The high cliffs above the beaches provided perfect locations for guns aimed directly at the unloading boats. |
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| Chris Nezin--one of the Vermont teachers--contemplates the many graves in the cove. |
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| These were the most sorrowful inscriptions: "Believed to be buried in this cemetery." |
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| The Turkish government built a special pavilion for the annual ANZAC Day memorial--hundreds of Aussies, Kiwis (New Zealanders) and Turks gather to remember the horrors of these battles and the beginning of their national pride and identity. |
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| Around every bend in the road, as you travel up the hills, there is another cemetery and commemorative marker. |
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| this is the entrance to the highest memorial--erected in honor of the Turkish was dead and their leader, Mustafa Kemal, Ataturk. |
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| A map of the battles. |
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