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We will shall never forget their sacrifice. Most of these young men never saw what they were fighting for. Each time I go back to europe I must stop to Normandy to pay tribute.
This year my oldest son will be in Colleville sur mer this week end. He will meet one of my friend who work for the ABMC in France. I have applied for a job there but I am waiting for a vacancy. It can take years....
[Marine]
true heroes!
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Originally Posted by Skully
that was great--thanks for posting
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Originally Posted by Skully
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Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111
Read this one, (I will just post it in the thread)
............so the GERMANS used a captured B-24 and was flying behind them radioing in their position to the anti-aircraft guns on the ground. Fighter escort ended up shooting down the "Fake" B-24.Quote:
Mission #19 – #115 Official Record
July 2, 1944 – Bomb Load: (24) 250lb. G.P. Bombs
Time of Flight: 4:30
We went after a power plant which supplies power to the buzzbomb installations. This was at Crepy, France, a little to the south of Pas De Calais. This was a G.H. (radar) mission where we drop bombs on a target we never see. on a mission like this, we usually feel a little safe from flak because the Germans cannot see us because of the cloud coverage. They had radar, of course, but we used chaff (which was nothing more than icicles of lead or aluminum that were packed in bundles; we threw these overboard and, when they dispersed, it filled the German radarscope with "snow.") However, this day we were getting hit and many near misses and from ground locations where flak was not supposed to be. We later found out that mobile flak batteries had been brought in. (These were mounted on trucks and could be moved on a day to day basis.) Next thing – why was the chaff not working? We later found that a German B-24 (one captured or rebuilt) had taken a position in our formation. He was flying about a quarter mile behind us – we thought he was one of ours or one of another group that was having trouble keeping up with the formation. He sat back and radioed to the ground batteries our direction, air speed, and altitude. That’s all you need to sight flak guns. Our fighter escorts realized something was wrong. When we approached the coast of France on the way home, this plane turned back to France. The fighters headed him off and turned him toward England again. Once more he turned back to France. When the fighters approached him again, he opened fire on them. They, in turn, shot him down. Don’t know bomb results on this mission.
Makes you have to say our modern military needs to appreciate the advances in communications since WWII, soldiers back then had to be tough as nails. (not saying our modern troops are not tough, they are, but decades differences on fighting and equipment used changes the game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqd...e_gdata_player
No, I still have no idea on how to imbed videos...but watch this one, it's a good Reagan speech.
And maybe this thread should have over a hundred posts of us talking about guns, military history, etc., instead of us complaining about the police every chance we get.