tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6387406569269606921..comments2024-03-28T12:28:49.901-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Old GuyOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58213731165199220492020-10-01T19:28:31.134-07:002020-10-01T19:28:31.134-07:00You used to have to be pretty bright and tough to ...You used to have to be pretty bright and tough to make 50. Today sexagenarian-going-on-17 types abound. Me, for instance. Glad I'm not wearing a stahlhelm and dragging a K98k around the German countryside...<br /><br />Fun read Sarge, thanks!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72982801132429254332020-10-01T19:18:14.425-07:002020-10-01T19:18:14.425-07:00Here's the documentary you were looking for......Here's the documentary you were looking for...<br /><br />https://youtu.be/Et1SkVldiHIPrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64812529411576804622020-10-01T18:38:17.056-07:002020-10-01T18:38:17.056-07:00Well put, all accurate. The world is full of scary...Well put, all accurate. The world is full of scary assholes.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29939071986008892722020-10-01T18:37:30.730-07:002020-10-01T18:37:30.730-07:00Good observation Beans, you like Sauer. So do I.Good observation Beans, you like Sauer. So do I.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67129401678473055082020-10-01T18:30:03.645-07:002020-10-01T18:30:03.645-07:00Well, you have the Soviets who got the better publ...Well, you have the Soviets who got the better publicity but did basically the same thing the Nazis did.<br /><br />Then the ChiComs who made mass-murder a political movement.<br /><br />The North Koreans.<br /><br />The North Vietnamese.<br /><br />The Khmer Rouge.<br /><br />Communist Cuba under Che!'s and Fidel's rule.<br /><br />The Huttus.<br /><br />Post WWII Argentina.<br /><br />Hmmm... You know what? All of the ones mentioned, including the Nazis but excluding the Japanese, were or are... socialist/communist regimes. <br /><br />Well, and the final years of the Ottoman Empire, as the Armenian Genocide was real, contrary to what is being taught in schools or what the State Department says.<br /><br />Then there's... the PLO...<br /><br />The Nazi's just get the worst press. Often by people who were or are just as bad, if not worse.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75851516299177202372020-10-01T18:22:46.780-07:002020-10-01T18:22:46.780-07:00Sauer seems to be like many country folk. Used to...Sauer seems to be like many country folk. Used to blood, used to having to do hard things. Just look at how many city-folk today freak out when they see where their food comes from. City-folk seem to not want to make the connections between 'pretty farm animals' (obviously nobody who'd ever been around actual farm animals) and the food on the shelves or on the plate.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14462270106848119672020-10-01T17:17:58.618-07:002020-10-01T17:17:58.618-07:00Which the Chinese have not forgotten.Which the Chinese have not forgotten.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65715243202341345982020-10-01T16:57:35.337-07:002020-10-01T16:57:35.337-07:00The Japanese were up there. That’s what my ex neig...The Japanese were up there. That’s what my ex neighbor, the marine pacific vet was saying. <br /><br />They did everything the Nazis did except mass extermination camps. The Japanese would just shoot Chinese at will bayonet babies medical experiments labs and for the most part they were not held as accountable as the GermansWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79454612878800431732020-10-01T16:29:59.728-07:002020-10-01T16:29:59.728-07:00I won't disagree.I won't disagree.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58925675717178681392020-10-01T16:21:19.762-07:002020-10-01T16:21:19.762-07:00The people's storm armed with bed knobs and br...The people's storm armed with bed knobs and broomsticks, serving as props in a lost war. The Nazis and the SS have to be the most evil of enemies in all the history of the world. If I'm wrong, please shock me.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3170750991428199642020-10-01T15:56:24.497-07:002020-10-01T15:56:24.497-07:00Same pictures, shorter path. There's a knack t...Same pictures, shorter path. There's a knack to finding just the right URL!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31828954111748871792020-10-01T15:45:22.749-07:002020-10-01T15:45:22.749-07:00or... https://www.google.com/search?q=chester+nim...or... https://www.google.com/search?q=chester+nimitz+photos&tbm=ischAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39291163149298162322020-10-01T14:34:27.181-07:002020-10-01T14:34:27.181-07:00Negative, lots of good pictures of the Admiral.Negative, lots of good pictures of the Admiral.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37062992361778555732020-10-01T14:32:53.582-07:002020-10-01T14:32:53.582-07:00I don't know why it is so large. You can delet...I don't know why it is so large. You can delete it, if you wish.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61449547398560326462020-10-01T13:49:12.085-07:002020-10-01T13:49:12.085-07:00Think you used a big enough link Scott?Think you used a big enough link Scott?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74396981239093720992020-10-01T13:28:38.257-07:002020-10-01T13:28:38.257-07:00Compare Chester Nimitzes fruit salad, with a GOFO ...Compare Chester Nimitzes fruit salad, with a GOFO of today. <br />https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02OJYR4tpa0jWJEHfwM9PwTLfa6Tw:1601583790675&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=chester+nimitz+photos&fir=GKJlQe0ZwsFTOM%252C9Ph6ZJ-U9wXnDM%252C_%253Bl1ZK2Zbwddc_qM%252Cc3pj5eZM1c0iHM%252C_%253BRght4IdgnvMzeM%252CeyEzV1eZSN5WMM%252C_%253BwOfm5_ezVQaFtM%252CeNbx_JjTqV25pM%252C_%253B-bH9Mijarf6ApM%252Cqiog69Gx2aSD1M%252C_%253B4jI9zNdGwUTI_M%252Ccf1IluFqeLWhtM%252C_%253BEeUzwBWo7XXb-M%252C0SNvmUh-rOZbIM%252C_%253B10zsZA3uclRFkM%252CEWbVCf1iWLJgvM%252C_%253BlnjBGBLlZuAiZM%252CeNbx_JjTqV25pM%252C_%253BIvz5DEg8fUXviM%252CwZkC9HL1205r1M%252C_%253BLDh_ZxTkHd5bZM%252Cic7a8CtNYRwYbM%252C_%253Bk0fKHclj0EFBeM%252CacIYVjKYkQLTDM%252C_%253BJUXDFygybtOhsM%252CJQBcqbXQI3fuDM%252C_%253BX7nYNeTAVbk39M%252CeNbx_JjTqV25pM%252C_%253BTDlUA8jczUocrM%252Cic7a8CtNYRwYbM%252C_%253BIaEja90-wisc3M%252CEip234ox1VQ6kM%252C_%253B5gVHEO8j2y6UGM%252CyiSRufNgZBjN5M%252C_%253BihRdKHumcp3fBM%252CPeP_nkNfPiy-DM%252C_%257Cpearl%2520harbor%253Brear%2520admiral%253Bpacific%2520fleet%253Bwar%2520ii%253Bchester%2520william%253Bgrave%253Bnavy%253Bnaval%253Badm%2520nimitz%253Bwilliam%2520nimitz&usg=AI4_-kTAoRd05uaB1XulhMZKYwmaF1wVug&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR467HnJTsAhVKHc0KHVPcAhcQ7Al6BAgFED0&biw=600&bih=1024SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61475994327128363932020-10-01T13:20:25.689-07:002020-10-01T13:20:25.689-07:00Yup, kids will ask the dumbest questions.Yup, kids will ask the dumbest questions.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47818420033411424932020-10-01T13:19:52.302-07:002020-10-01T13:19:52.302-07:00Very true, it was what they grew up with, they kne...Very true, it was what they grew up with, they knew no other way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31578464614583818162020-10-01T13:03:35.581-07:002020-10-01T13:03:35.581-07:00I read a great book on the last few months of the ...I read a great book on the last few months of the War in Europe, and the most fanatical were the young soldiers straight from the Hitler Youth - armed with Panzerfausts.. <br /><br />But then all they knew was Hitler and the Nazis in their young lives. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70963761817775735632020-10-01T13:00:44.656-07:002020-10-01T13:00:44.656-07:00"Amateurs talk tactics, but pros talk supply ..."Amateurs talk tactics, but pros talk supply logistics" <br /><br />The supply issue reminds me of the line in Patton, where George C Scott is looking at the German destruction and saying but for a few lousy gallons of gasoline he could be in Berlin. <br /><br />Despite his propensity for killings, I am starting to like Sauer. <br /><br />I don't think a combat veteran would ask another "how many he killed", but then that guy was a youngster. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21741786230105098862020-10-01T09:44:39.387-07:002020-10-01T09:44:39.387-07:00The Nazis didn't object to the term GRÖFAZ, bu...The Nazis didn't object to the term GRÖFAZ, but Köhler mocking the term would certainly be frowned upon.<br /><br />Too many "I show up for work on time" decorations out there, I agree.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82707873277358009862020-10-01T09:26:12.523-07:002020-10-01T09:26:12.523-07:00Shades of why Dunkirk occurred - that is, a victor...Shades of why Dunkirk occurred - that is, a victorious army pushing really hard reaches the end of it's ability to be supplied at the same time the equipment is worn down, the men are worn down. Then some bright flyboy says "We can do it!" and yeah...<br /><br />The stall during late fall and early winter was needed. Men were tired, equipment was tired, resources were strained. Which, of course, led to the Bulge, but we're not there.... yet. But the front was feeling it bad. <br /><br />As to GRÖFAZ? Snide political nicknames are nothing new. And how can the Nazis consider it an insult since it's part of the propaganda they used to shore up the Little Corporal? (Yeah, I know, they had noooo sense of humor or irony at all.)<br /><br />Thanks for the quick intro for differences between WWI and WWII Iron Crosses. Interesting. But then again, we (the US Military) went from medals to what seems to be merit badges. I often wonder what would happen if Ike or Patton or Pershing time traveled to today and walked into the Pentagon, what they would think about today's obsession with ribbons for all? (And what exactly Patton would say, out loud, for all to hear?)<br /><br />Let us hope Opa and Sauer somehow get surrounded without the little Nazis getting them all killed by their fanaticism or stupidity or both. (Am I reading your mind again?)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74357250885522412122020-10-01T09:14:57.237-07:002020-10-01T09:14:57.237-07:00Kill the ones who want to fight, best way to take ...Kill the ones who want to fight, best way to take the starch out of 'em.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6964899277498210172020-10-01T09:13:37.550-07:002020-10-01T09:13:37.550-07:00We're now in early October and yes, most of th...We're now in early October and yes, most of the supplies were diverted to Monty for Operation Market Garden in September, his "pencil-like thrust" into the Reich. It took a while to sort that out.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65338129428537269932020-10-01T09:11:37.692-07:002020-10-01T09:11:37.692-07:00Love that movie, inaccurate though it be.Love that movie, inaccurate though it be.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com