tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6300609572035994227..comments2024-03-29T07:51:11.714-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Last Tiger - First BloodOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26991705129699772192021-04-15T05:28:38.099-07:002021-04-15T05:28:38.099-07:00Gotta be on scene for that. But, well, you'll ...Gotta be on scene for that. But, well, you'll see...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72880308578957192562021-04-14T23:43:16.975-07:002021-04-14T23:43:16.975-07:00Now it would make perfect sense for HQ to send in ...Now it would make perfect sense for HQ to send in some Pershings or Jacksons to finish off the wounded Tiger...<br />IIRC by that time Jacksons were quite common in Tank Destroyer units attached to every Infantry Div.<br />And first Pershings were in action too.<br />Paweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55302371670853823142021-04-14T17:01:39.984-07:002021-04-14T17:01:39.984-07:00It's almost as if they fight because they know...It's almost as if they fight because they know no other way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68290264176647255982021-04-14T15:21:32.881-07:002021-04-14T15:21:32.881-07:00It just feels like Gottedammerung. Over. And Ove...It just feels like Gottedammerung. Over. And Over. And Over.<br /><br />All for a piece of land that has no strategic value except that it is in the way of the advance.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34513459271197304382021-04-14T12:51:07.261-07:002021-04-14T12:51:07.261-07:00Whoa, a very awkward sentence, I fixed that.
A lo...Whoa, a very awkward sentence, I fixed that.<br /><br />A lot of my characters have a real life counterpart, usually someone I served with.<br /><br />So all of this is very personal for me at times. Helps to make the emotions real.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64955936358687050032021-04-14T12:43:22.718-07:002021-04-14T12:43:22.718-07:00Thanks Tom!Thanks Tom!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69387041169659056332021-04-14T12:41:04.755-07:002021-04-14T12:41:04.755-07:00Not a bad idea...Not a bad idea...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23580361759914746702021-04-14T12:29:49.851-07:002021-04-14T12:29:49.851-07:00finally caught up. 10 weeks (the crossroads) in t...finally caught up. 10 weeks (the crossroads) in the last 36 hours. whew... :) it's nice that the quality of your writing is still there - too many stories start to peter out about here, winding down and losing the spark, as per the real life.<br /><br /><br />>> That man, Feldwebel Horst Krebs, yelled out, ...<br /><br />"That man" ? Seems out of place, extraneous, a fragment left behind...<br /><br />P.S. Stump still hurts. I knew a guy named Peter Gentile. Nam vet. great guy. great, great guy. Maybe it's me but I sometimes associate/overlay characters in stories with people I know/knew, even more so when the names match.<br />Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45481092525022308272021-04-14T12:27:04.189-07:002021-04-14T12:27:04.189-07:00Reading this a little later in the day than I norm...Reading this a little later in the day than I normally do, partly because when I woke up and saw the burned out hulk of the Sherman, I just couldn't deal with that right then. Which is, I suppose, a commendation of your talent, Sarge, just as Coffee Man and Beans have more eloquently stated. Wirklikch ausgezeichnet, und vielen Dank!Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60863229626235687252021-04-14T12:06:20.997-07:002021-04-14T12:06:20.997-07:00On publishing this. A friend (who has gone to his...On publishing this. A friend (who has gone to his great reward much to early) asked a bunch of his compatriots if they wanted to help defer the publishing cost of his last book (he knew) by becoming sponsors to the book and having your name listed on the patrons page. I did it with out blinking, best $100 I ever spent. There are 100 of us and we too are slowly dwindling but it got his last tome published and didn't burden his pretty wife. Just an idea.<br /><br />SpinSpinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458754627927552519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82187441533719505582021-04-14T09:46:32.593-07:002021-04-14T09:46:32.593-07:00The Sitzkrieg would be nice for the characters in ...The Sitzkrieg would be nice for the characters in the story, but then it wouldn't be much of a story.<br /><br />Gomen nasai...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80547590546213543372021-04-14T09:43:25.944-07:002021-04-14T09:43:25.944-07:00Ausgezeichnet!Ausgezeichnet!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40679120270827331922021-04-14T09:34:23.335-07:002021-04-14T09:34:23.335-07:00Well, yes, pulling out pre-artillery barrage and m...Well, yes, pulling out pre-artillery barrage and moving back in is a Great War trick.<br /><br />But so is advancing behind a barrage. Which the Germans perfected, in the Great War.<br /><br />And now we have a mini-Stalingrad in the last gasp of WWII. Great. Absolutely great. Snipers, slow attrition due to injury, sickness (I am sure Hernandez will enjoy the head cold) and malnutrition (on the German's side) and just random bad luck.<br /><br />This type of crap won't make the Americans very happy to accept the Germans' surrender even when the Big Surrender occurs. <br /><br />And, dammit, you killed Graf... That totally sucks. Of course, he had no land and people to return to after the war unless he wanted to go play nicy-nice with the Soviets and what's left of his beloved land. A soldier's death at least. But still dammit.<br /><br />And I agree with Coffee Man about your writing. You made me care about a bunch of bit players who you introduced and then immediately started killing off. <br /><br />I was so hoping for a Sitzkrieg. Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53045102913034518452021-04-14T09:21:55.686-07:002021-04-14T09:21:55.686-07:00Thanks!Thanks!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68533569887591629932021-04-14T09:21:10.641-07:002021-04-14T09:21:10.641-07:00Fuer mich, jaFuer mich, jaWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62185221995446493652021-04-14T08:31:13.117-07:002021-04-14T08:31:13.117-07:00I went back and reread a bunch of your early stuff...I went back and reread a bunch of your early stuff. Your writing and ability to tell the story in such a way is amazing and truly a gift. You publish and I will be one of the first in line to buy.Coffee Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303759803639176370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21896976400417325672021-04-14T07:14:37.659-07:002021-04-14T07:14:37.659-07:00Very true.Very true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19411232197409419752021-04-14T07:08:01.836-07:002021-04-14T07:08:01.836-07:00Prudent choice all around. Something a Mustang is ...Prudent choice all around. Something a Mustang is likely to do anyway.<br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45335464739221299192021-04-14T05:15:10.143-07:002021-04-14T05:15:10.143-07:00Yup, a hard thing.Yup, a hard thing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31266309745852955012021-04-14T05:14:13.585-07:002021-04-14T05:14:13.585-07:00D'oh! Brain thought one thing, fingers typed a...D'oh! Brain thought one thing, fingers typed another. Good catch.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40402763852445528852021-04-14T05:12:57.767-07:002021-04-14T05:12:57.767-07:00Hopefully those "PDs" froze their asses ...Hopefully those "PDs" froze their asses off.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23057858529697679842021-04-14T05:12:22.942-07:002021-04-14T05:12:22.942-07:00Yes, 1st Lt. Hernandez is still carrying an M1, ca...Yes, 1st Lt. Hernandez is still carrying an M1, carrying a carbine makes you look like management. Not a good thing at the platoon level.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18128610182036038812021-04-14T05:11:15.193-07:002021-04-14T05:11:15.193-07:00Hast Du gut geschlafen?Hast Du gut geschlafen?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17444744212870760602021-04-14T05:05:09.155-07:002021-04-14T05:05:09.155-07:00Reliving a nasty fight over and over, until you go...Reliving a nasty fight over and over, until you go to your reward. The unseen, but massive cost to the individual. man...STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38190821516552289152021-04-14T04:50:46.078-07:002021-04-14T04:50:46.078-07:00"That vehicle was now dug in outside of town ..."That vehicle was now dug in outside of town on the only road leading east out of the valley the village sat it." should perhaps read, "sat IN"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891957587768087461noreply@blogger.com