tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2580334523201791155..comments2024-03-28T15:54:43.848-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The StreamOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55680826986817787672020-10-07T11:06:05.951-07:002020-10-07T11:06:05.951-07:00I shall look for it tonight.I shall look for it tonight.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85840286602854632922020-10-07T10:49:21.169-07:002020-10-07T10:49:21.169-07:00(Dom McCollor) Sent you an email about the towers ...(Dom McCollor) Sent you an email about the towers going up. File is a big one....Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78043605193358127212020-10-07T04:38:00.050-07:002020-10-07T04:38:00.050-07:00Thanks Tuna!Thanks Tuna!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81464359940778123122020-10-06T21:04:37.874-07:002020-10-06T21:04:37.874-07:00Wow Sarge, really well done. You had us all relax...Wow Sarge, really well done. You had us all relax when Herrmann decided to let Lederer go about his business, then it all went to hell. NC Tom said it well- Life and death are frequently separated by a short distance. I can see that scene on a big screen- it's been done before- a shocking and unexpecting death of a character who didn't deserve it. You wrote it well.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89553588672996489832020-10-06T19:37:18.907-07:002020-10-06T19:37:18.907-07:00Ouch.Ouch.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10492795995646982182020-10-06T19:36:53.185-07:002020-10-06T19:36:53.185-07:00Wow! Dedication!Wow! Dedication!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43450506553067959862020-10-06T19:12:49.926-07:002020-10-06T19:12:49.926-07:00(Don McCollor)...Love those guys that put up the t...(Don McCollor)...Love those guys that put up the towers. They worked 12/sevens for three months..and it it was go go go... Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11026724888705761872020-10-06T18:42:04.216-07:002020-10-06T18:42:04.216-07:00Neither will the M1 if you run it right. And even ...Neither will the M1 if you run it right. And even if it does, it will only do it once. Trust me.<br /><br />One of my Reserve buddies was in JROTC way back when they were allowed to drill with M1's. As platoon leader, he got to inspect his cadet's rifles. During inspection arms, while holding the rifle at port arms, he would place his left thumb under the forearm against the op rod, and while pressing hard, release the bolt. The bolt would slowly creep forward, and he would glare at the hapless Cadet.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48055207431349890362020-10-06T18:32:38.538-07:002020-10-06T18:32:38.538-07:00Nice!Nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7444800654935526542020-10-06T18:04:17.898-07:002020-10-06T18:04:17.898-07:00(Don McCollor)...had a 600 ton crane with a 300 fo...(Don McCollor)...had a 600 ton crane with a 300 foot boom working on my farm a few years ago putting up wind towers (you could stand inside the tracks without stooping). It moved the same way on timber cribbing (with two big loaders moving cribbing). They had to cross under a 400KV power line. It would have taken a week or more to disassemble the crane and and the same time to reassemble it on the other side. They lowered the boom onto an old flatbed semi and the crane pushed it underneath the line. In place the next day. The American Way. Get 'er in and get 'er done...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52558959418844849202020-10-06T18:00:11.104-07:002020-10-06T18:00:11.104-07:00I have a great deal of affection for the warriors ...I have a great deal of affection for the warriors of the air.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15966858665840085562020-10-06T17:59:47.171-07:002020-10-06T17:59:47.171-07:00Yes, it is a superb tale.Yes, it is a superb tale.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36807305971709075982020-10-06T17:45:03.305-07:002020-10-06T17:45:03.305-07:00Will do, thanks!Will do, thanks!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34795026700944888782020-10-06T17:12:24.556-07:002020-10-06T17:12:24.556-07:00William - if you haven't yet, read "A Hig...William - if you haven't yet, read "A Higher Call", which gives one example of chivalry during WWII.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54360865296064503512020-10-06T17:00:36.105-07:002020-10-06T17:00:36.105-07:00Dang, that sounds rough.Dang, that sounds rough.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73068878406172895102020-10-06T16:55:05.226-07:002020-10-06T16:55:05.226-07:00(Don McCollor)...Then there was the muskeg up ther...(Don McCollor)...Then there was the muskeg up there. The Seabees were building an airfield on one island. The only vehicles that could move until a road was built were two tracked draglines with pairs of timber cribbing pallets. They would sit on one, reach back with the boom and move the second ahead of it, then crawl onto it and repeat the process. In position, one dragline would scoop up gravel at maximum boon extension, then dump it for the second to pick up and deposit as fill on the airfield...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15834365157580265032020-10-06T16:28:49.440-07:002020-10-06T16:28:49.440-07:00Thank you very much. As long as you folks out ther...Thank you very much. As long as you folks out there reading it enjoy it, I'm satisfied.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83328375238720854002020-10-06T16:27:30.372-07:002020-10-06T16:27:30.372-07:00I'm sure there was more "live and let liv...I'm sure there was more "live and let live" than the history books let on. I'm betting that wasn't the case as much in Russia, and certainly not in the Pacific.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72716170953887014352020-10-06T16:26:00.583-07:002020-10-06T16:26:00.583-07:00Same here, though the G43 won't eat your thumb...Same here, though the G43 won't eat your thumb.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34745480844123039512020-10-06T14:37:55.140-07:002020-10-06T14:37:55.140-07:00
In my world war 1 book last night the author talk...<br />In my world war 1 book last night the author talked of a German soldier who saw two Tommies unarmed, with a bucket going to get some water<br /><br />His comrade said why don’t you shoot them and he replied “you don’t shoot a helpless man“<br /><br />While I’m sure there wasn’t a lot of that magnanimity I’m sure it happenedWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78155701897219805212020-10-06T13:09:31.836-07:002020-10-06T13:09:31.836-07:00True. I'd still druther have the M1
BGTrue. I'd still druther have the M1<br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60811439167374946612020-10-06T13:08:19.126-07:002020-10-06T13:08:19.126-07:00I, too, am reading Rick Atkinson’s "The Guns ...I, too, am reading Rick Atkinson’s "The Guns At Last Light" (part of a fantastic trilogy). Hodges is sending troops into the Hurtgenwald. Your story telling creates an emotion that a book like "Last Light" can't convey. I do like the counter balance telling the tale from both sides brings to the overall drama. This has become my "must read" of the day. Thomas DelPuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16901978958794416127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7372016966887880502020-10-06T12:20:01.679-07:002020-10-06T12:20:01.679-07:00I often wonder how many close encounters happen in...I often wonder how many close encounters happen in wartime where the one side decides to "live and let live."<br /><br />A close range firefight in the dark, no one wins those. Your father-in-law made the right call.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51324755652455140352020-10-06T12:17:34.853-07:002020-10-06T12:17:34.853-07:00Thank you Rick. Love Atkinson's trilogy.Thank you Rick. Love Atkinson's trilogy.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62664956683851136792020-10-06T12:15:40.326-07:002020-10-06T12:15:40.326-07:00My late former Father-In-Law was an infantry squad...My late former Father-In-Law was an infantry squad leader from D-Day+1 until the end of the war in Koeln, Germany. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge, would never talk of it nor even watch anything on TV related to it (he once literally broke down in tears and left the room). He did, however, tell me of one time he was tasked to take his squad forward via a road in the woods on a night patrol. Point man heard noise, signaled, and the squad moved rapidly into the ditch. Johnnie told me he and his squad lay there and watched a German squad-sized patrol pass by them only few feet away. He told me he had no desire to get into a fire fight in the dark that could have resulted in the death of any of his men. He just let them pass by with the Germans not knowing how close Death was to them.<br />The reason he told me? He visited me in Germany and I was warning him about Brennessel (or "Stinging Nettle" as we know it here in the States). He related to me that when he moved into the ditch, he ended up in a patch of Brennessel and it was stinging the living hell out of him but he refused to move or make a sound until the German patrol moved on past...Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979323275440493917noreply@blogger.com