tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4424938864781652133..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Panzer 413 - Death From AboveOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49102458587752124152018-01-09T04:48:29.712-08:002018-01-09T04:48:29.712-08:00Glad you made it home safely, and thanks!Glad you made it home safely, and thanks!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14856925786134690482018-01-08T16:35:42.793-08:002018-01-08T16:35:42.793-08:00Got back home this pm, and just now read the insta...Got back home this pm, and just now read the installment of your story and the comments. Both as good as usual. Thanks for the post.<br /><br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22916606282946726132018-01-07T11:14:58.583-08:002018-01-07T11:14:58.583-08:00Scott is my battleship consultant. Looks like he k...Scott is my battleship consultant. Looks like he knows tanks as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84864754570927712852018-01-07T10:33:14.384-08:002018-01-07T10:33:14.384-08:00Sounds like you've got another consultant on t...Sounds like you've got another consultant on the payroll, Sarge.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26605852933432909312018-01-07T10:17:12.427-08:002018-01-07T10:17:12.427-08:00Change? After being in a book store? What was he t...Change? After being in a book store? What was he thinking?<br /><br />(Glad you had a good day!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78239874830989454592018-01-07T09:43:59.471-08:002018-01-07T09:43:59.471-08:00I did thanks. Nice quiet day, spoke with the paren...I did thanks. Nice quiet day, spoke with the parents, and the kiddos as well as other assorted family and friends. Hubby took me out to dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant, (he even paid), and then took me to the local bookstore, gave me some money, and said he wanted the change back. Silly man. There is never any change back when I go to the bookstore. Almost as silly as the employee there who kept wandering around and asked me if I was able to find everything. Told him it was a bookstore. Of course I could find everything. And then some. <br /><br />Hello, my name is suz and I'm a book lover.<br /><br />So yes, I had a very nice birthday. Now I have to go clean house, as folks are coming tomorrow for supper, and the dust bunnies are a tad thick on the ground. Party is over. Lol.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40826454698826085492018-01-07T06:33:27.122-08:002018-01-07T06:33:27.122-08:00I've tried to stay away from the heavy technic...I've tried to stay away from the heavy technical details in order to focus on the story. Mac's tank does have a .50 cal mount, which is, of course, awkward to use as one must be out in the open to fire forward.<br /><br />I will try and flesh out those details in the book. Or try to, don't let me forget!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42328137311959527902018-01-06T22:12:36.081-08:002018-01-06T22:12:36.081-08:00Mac's tank was a late model one, with the visi...Mac's tank was a late model one, with the vision block TC coupola? With the much disliked .50 mount? SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52059061516748697052018-01-06T19:30:24.721-08:002018-01-06T19:30:24.721-08:00One never knows.
😉One never knows.<br /><br />😉OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86737242836718201442018-01-06T19:17:12.946-08:002018-01-06T19:17:12.946-08:00Oh, but I doooooo want to AMHIK. Sounds like ther...Oh, but I doooooo want to AMHIK. Sounds like there's at least 4-5 really good stories there.<br /><br />Pleeeaaassssee???Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88257251676956834602018-01-06T19:00:30.044-08:002018-01-06T19:00:30.044-08:00Amen.Amen.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49923147009467567622018-01-06T18:42:45.340-08:002018-01-06T18:42:45.340-08:00And now we've lost John Young, Astronaut and N...And now we've lost John Young, Astronaut and Naval Aviator. Sept. 24, 1930 to Jan. 5, 2018.<br /><br />Godspeed, Gentlemen. Godspeed, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have done for our country and its people.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20170361820624421292018-01-06T18:40:44.620-08:002018-01-06T18:40:44.620-08:00Yup, those were weak spots.Yup, those were weak spots.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11227706122565154172018-01-06T18:38:16.200-08:002018-01-06T18:38:16.200-08:00It does indeed. DAMHIKIt does indeed. DAMHIKOldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22865615482181892082018-01-06T18:36:58.210-08:002018-01-06T18:36:58.210-08:00Yeah, I saw that. ☹Yeah, I saw that. ☹OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80061186445215181112018-01-06T18:08:42.142-08:002018-01-06T18:08:42.142-08:00Not to wear out my welcome, but just saw this over...Not to wear out my welcome, but just saw this over at Peter's place. We lost another one. Captain Jerry Yellin has taken his final flight. Click on over and follow the links.<br /><br />https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2018/01/he-flew-last-fighter-combat-mission-of.html<br />RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28118120128176122262018-01-06T18:06:38.645-08:002018-01-06T18:06:38.645-08:00The production values were great, and I loved that...The production values were great, and I loved that they used an actual Tiger I in the movie. But parts of the movie were questionable. The initial battle was fun to watch but poorly executed from the German perspective--the infantry was overexposed and there was no coordination between them and the PAKs. The final battle, of course, made the movie but again the Germans wasted men needlessly against an immobilized tank that could have been taken out with a Panzerfaust or two supported by a machine-gun team. That wasn't the point of the movie though, so I give that a pass. I enjoyed watching it just as a movie....Jenkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773835983034159472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57974680729489392022018-01-06T17:56:53.020-08:002018-01-06T17:56:53.020-08:00Dad's movies of Taegu show those Army tents as...Dad's movies of Taegu show those Army tents as seen in MASH (liked the early years, later years not so much) in either snow or mud. No shots of dry, 'normal' land. Made me believe for a long time that Korea only had two seasons, Fracking Snomaggedon just this side of the Fimbrul Winter, and Mud-er (a season of only wet and mud.) I think he also said it was dusty, for a day or two (okay, maybe a week), between Mud-er and Snowmaggedon.<br /><br />At least the planes all got to sit on Marsten Mat. The tents look like they surface and dive, like submarines, depending on the season.<br /><br />Explains the toughness of the Korean spirit, the weather does.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58968825018825160132018-01-06T17:37:29.037-08:002018-01-06T17:37:29.037-08:00I try hard to keep it interesting Suz. Thanks!
(H...I try hard to keep it interesting Suz. Thanks!<br /><br />(Hope you had a nice birthday?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47487766978025948592018-01-06T17:36:12.839-08:002018-01-06T17:36:12.839-08:00Indeed. While stationed on Okinawa we went up nort...Indeed. While stationed on Okinawa we went up north a couple of times to Kunsan for an operation yclept Team Spirit. Many of our guys stayed in tents, really, tents. We avionics troops had "connections" and managed to find warm rooms in the barracks.<br /><br />It's nice to have connections.<br /><br />While stationed at Kunsan, I worked in the shop and mostly in a hangar. Did get to "play" outside on a few occasions.<br /><br />In the snow. Had to walk to the jet, uphill, both ways...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42355585882606499182018-01-06T17:30:26.361-08:002018-01-06T17:30:26.361-08:00I liked it, a lot.I liked it, a lot.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36721868694096794102018-01-06T17:22:45.472-08:002018-01-06T17:22:45.472-08:00See, stories like this one is why I come back on a...See, stories like this one is why I come back on a routine basis. You, Sir, make history fun. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46724222730461219282018-01-06T17:15:39.121-08:002018-01-06T17:15:39.121-08:00Saw that--one of the more realistic aspects of the...Saw that--one of the more realistic aspects of the movie. It was a mixed bag....Jenkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773835983034159472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38180594829878140312018-01-06T16:14:46.115-08:002018-01-06T16:14:46.115-08:00And, in a side note, met a Korean War Air Force ve...And, in a side note, met a Korean War Air Force vet at Walmart yesterday. Was admiring his para-van (not a jump van, one of those set up to handle wheelchairs.) I asked him about his service, telling him that my dad was at Taegu after the war, and found out he was at Kusan during the festivities. Being a nice cool winter day in Florida, conversation came around about the weather in-country during winter. He, as my father said also, hated quartering in tents on the base during basically what you all up north just experienced, except all winter long. Brrrrrr...<br /><br />Okay, back on topic...Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53135285538075411172018-01-06T16:10:02.705-08:002018-01-06T16:10:02.705-08:00Thanks Andrew!Thanks Andrew!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com