[Homer_J_Simpson]

I revisited Churchill's chapter on Hitler's "Secret Weapon" from Closing the Ring..

They knew about the construction of the launch sites in northern France by July 43 but were still speculating on their purpose. By September they figured out the Germans were developing long-range rockets and pilotless aircraft. By December 43 they had put it together and determined the sites in France were probably launch sites for both pilotless aircraft and rockets. In the early months of 44 they bombed the sites when they identified them.

[fso301]

They knew about the construction of the launch sites in northern France by July 43 but were still speculating on their purpose. By September they figured out the Germans were developing long-range rockets and pilotless aircraft. By December 43 they had put it together and determined the sites in France were probably launch sites for both pilotless aircraft and rockets. In the early months of 44 they bombed the sites when they identified them.

Hmm? Long range rockets and pilotless aircraft. I wonder what the Germans are planning?

[colorado tanker]

Don Gentile got his DSC today. He’s now been awarded just about every medal an Army officer can earn, except the MOH. As I mentioned in an earlier post, his CO supposedly pulled a MOH recommendation when Gentile crashed while hot dogging. He was a hell of a pilot.