tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post1159711165426501981..comments2024-03-28T10:50:29.895-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The AssaultOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87880671327412390892021-02-23T05:13:45.976-08:002021-02-23T05:13:45.976-08:00Good optics is the key to getting hits at long ran...Good optics is the key to getting hits at long range.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77599432257049456482021-02-23T05:13:22.507-08:002021-02-23T05:13:22.507-08:00It isn't spellcheck that's killing you, it...It isn't spellcheck that's killing you, it's autocorrect. I always turn that off.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76075732962379943582021-02-23T00:37:50.080-08:002021-02-23T00:37:50.080-08:00Freaking spellcheck. Well I got to get to sleep
Freaking spellcheck. Well I got to get to sleep<br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42047578443888786462021-02-23T00:37:10.863-08:002021-02-23T00:37:10.863-08:00 One thing that has amaze me with tanks even if mo... One thing that has amaze me with tanks even if most of them were not one shot one kill. <br /><br />So many hits could be at 1000 yards without the aid of computers<br /><br />It was some thing though as a baby boomer every mail that I knew in the 50s was a World War II vet. <br /><br />Dad 82nd airborne. Line uncle in the Navy on the Murmansk run and then later in the south pacific. Another uncle in the Marines in the Pacific station Donna cruiser. <br /><br />Even the one and I had that everybody said was a bitch volunteered in the WACs. <br /><br />Remember them? They were still in when I was in in the early 70s but the end was near. <br /><br />Then when I was in as a male you were either 4F, in the military or in Canada. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57339970613455424292021-02-22T09:48:36.644-08:002021-02-22T09:48:36.644-08:00It is fiction, not a primer on tank warfare.
Soun...It is fiction, not a primer on tank warfare.<br /><br />Sounds like you grew up around the same type of folks I did. They are sadly missed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13546497439452703152021-02-22T09:11:53.227-08:002021-02-22T09:11:53.227-08:00Hi, spent formative youth at Amvets Post 38, Walte...Hi, spent formative youth at Amvets Post 38, Walter J. Fufidio, Silver Star WWI. All the Dad's were WWII vets, Grunts, GIreene, Flyboys and Squids. Learned a lot of weird things when they were willing to talk. Like how to kill with a knife, windage compensation, spotting Jap booby traps and how to make your own, intricacies of the Norden bomb sight, knots, use of an entrenching tool for other than digging holes, shelter halves, gas mask pouch makes a great grenade holder, how to carry a load on your body, fire starting, map reading, how to dig a latrine and where, fields of fire and suppression, water proofing your gear, cleaning a weapon, making a bed, caring for shoes and boots, known distance estimation, how not to be seen, cover versus concealment, M1918 Browning and Ma Duece - Queen of the battle field, how to fire a Thompson, BAR uses in close jungle settings etc. <br /><br />One comment on the tank firing, we were told that one shot one kill (which seems to happen a lot in your stories) wasn't how it was. As relayed to us kids it was send one and beat cheeks to next position to send the next. You didn't sit still for them to shoot back. Also use of the M2 for infantry suppression. <br /><br />Some of the teachers: Mr Mueller was with Patton's 3rd army as a Sherman loader, Uncle Sal 82nd Airborne was with the first group across the Remagan, Uncle Marty was Iwo fifth wave, Uncle Al was a B-17 bombardier, Cousin Red was at Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Okinawa and Dad retook the Philippines with MacArthur. All gone now.<br /><br />Spin DriftSpinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458754627927552519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85081058881485540832021-02-22T02:34:27.249-08:002021-02-22T02:34:27.249-08:00It all seems so tragic.It all seems so tragic.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82146427069964471542021-02-22T02:33:57.581-08:002021-02-22T02:33:57.581-08:00That's the way it was, trying to sanitize it i...That's the way it was, trying to sanitize it is futile.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8612416466421840032021-02-21T22:14:04.175-08:002021-02-21T22:14:04.175-08:00Brutal stuff Sarge, but good writing. Being stuck...Brutal stuff Sarge, but good writing. Being stuck in a halftrack or tank as it cooks off or just burns has to be one of the more tragic ways to die in a war. Long, slow, painful, while you panic until you're dead. <br /><br />Sorry to put that horrific image in everyone's head, but remember that war is definitely hell.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71003063133927648202021-02-21T20:50:56.689-08:002021-02-21T20:50:56.689-08:00And so the battle passes to another field and the ...And so the battle passes to another field and the sacrifice of all seems for naught. The wastage of war.<br /><br />Excellent depiction of what must be the confusion of battle.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77760437937971452202021-02-21T18:41:39.095-08:002021-02-21T18:41:39.095-08:00Thanks drjim!Thanks drjim!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42965198190754170752021-02-21T18:21:55.248-08:002021-02-21T18:21:55.248-08:00Another hit outta the park, Sarge! I read it, and ...Another hit outta the park, Sarge! I read it, and it's almost like a movie in my head....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12848621148525146092021-02-21T16:52:50.448-08:002021-02-21T16:52:50.448-08:00Probably not.Probably not.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44052404500591244642021-02-21T16:07:46.523-08:002021-02-21T16:07:46.523-08:00This is the start of Operation Grenade? With the l...This is the start of Operation Grenade? With the lineup of Ninth Army, and British-Canadian forces, when Grenade became Blockbuster, we could see Kowalski again!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2987379675834159692021-02-21T11:40:15.879-08:002021-02-21T11:40:15.879-08:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59786859295670630312021-02-21T11:33:55.846-08:002021-02-21T11:33:55.846-08:00Great installment! Waiting (im)patiently for the ...Great installment! Waiting (im)patiently for the next.BillBhttps://www.lastfrontierinbandera.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14066660418223660562021-02-21T10:44:40.480-08:002021-02-21T10:44:40.480-08:00With three Navy kids (and two Navy sons-in-law), I...With three Navy kids (and two Navy sons-in-law), I'm familiar with the term. Equivalent to aviation's Sierra Hotel.<br /><br />Thanks JB!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67291994137014014832021-02-21T10:43:09.068-08:002021-02-21T10:43:09.068-08:00Thanks Nylon12!Thanks Nylon12!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39580873589957920212021-02-21T10:42:52.927-08:002021-02-21T10:42:52.927-08:00I read way too much and have a vivid imagination.I read way too much and have a vivid imagination.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55447531269619282032021-02-21T10:42:24.304-08:002021-02-21T10:42:24.304-08:00Juvat is alive and well, already has his Monday po...Juvat is alive and well, already has his Monday post locked and loaded.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77229717285970923492021-02-21T10:41:17.330-08:002021-02-21T10:41:17.330-08:00Thanks Mary!Thanks Mary!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9938446609289924972021-02-21T10:41:04.852-08:002021-02-21T10:41:04.852-08:00Patrick - Hours of boredom punctuated with seconds...Patrick - Hours of boredom punctuated with seconds of intense terror!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1793850758977300542021-02-21T10:40:31.958-08:002021-02-21T10:40:31.958-08:00Thanks Dakota Viking!Thanks Dakota Viking!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9007566368365392332021-02-21T10:38:55.839-08:002021-02-21T10:38:55.839-08:00Heh.Heh.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90249344097421681742021-02-21T10:38:45.207-08:002021-02-21T10:38:45.207-08:00All it really takes is one shitbird private (airma...All it really takes is one shitbird private (airman in my case) to take up most of your time.<br /><br />But yes, know what you mean. The guy with the radio is very important.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com