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The Lone Pine battlefield was named for a solitary Turkish pine that stood there at the start of the fighting; [1] The tree was also known by the Anzac soldiers as the "Lonesome Pine". [6] The battlefield was situated near the centre of the eastern line of the Australian and New Zealand trenches around Anzac Cove on a rise known as "400 Plateau ...
The Anzac troops renamed the plateau, originally Plateau 400, Lonesome Pine after the single pine tree (Pinus brutia) on the plateau before the battle, and a popular song published in 1913, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, [1] and this name was shortened to Lone Pine. There had originally been several trees but all but one had been cut down by ...
The original Lone Pine landscape before the charge in 1915. The tree (Pinus brutia) was used as target practice. Photo: AWM. The Lone Pine was a solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in August 1915. It was a Turkish or East Mediterranean pine (Pinus brutia).
Lonesome Pine Special may refer to: A bluegrass song by Carter Family; Lonesome Pine Special, a PBS program; See also. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (disambiguation) ...
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" is a popular song published in 1913, with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll.It was inspired by John Fox Jr.'s 1908 novel of the same title, but whereas the novel was set in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky, the song refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Battlefield Earth (film) Bloody Mama; Bones and All; ... The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) Trumbo (2015 film) U. U.S. Marshals (film) Y. Youngblood Hawke ...
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Carpenter was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 1937, to William Stanley Carpenter Sr. (1907–1945) and Helen Carpenter (née Sparks). Private First Class Carpenter Sr. served in the United States Army as an ammunition bearer in the 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division and was killed in action in the Ruhr Pocket.