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D-Day 1944
Brave Men
| 1944
| Ernie Pyle
Posted on 06/06/2008 12:54:48 PM PDT by Mr. Dough
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To: Prophet in the wilderness
The only thing that Germans ( MIGHT ?? ) could have matched the USS Texas 14 inch guns could have been the huge guns the Germans had on railroad cars.Well, the folks on the bridge when the 11 inch shell from a shore battery hit on June 26 might disagree a bit with you. You might have a point as to the 9.4 inch shell that entered the compartment below the wardroom.
But, let me dig around, because even that isn't quite responsive to your comment.
The Germans also used 13.4 inch guns taken from French battleships in shore emplacements. The French gun would throw an AP shell weighing just over 1200 lbs. The Texas could throw a shell of about 1400 lbs.
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:07:42 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: sono
RE: #38
Thank you for that link.
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posted on
06/08/2008 12:34:08 AM PDT
by
XR7
To: Mr. Dough
Ernie Pyle bump in memory of Captain Waskow
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posted on
06/08/2008 9:00:25 AM PDT
by
centexan
(Welcome back 1st Cav - great job Go 4th ID)
To: LibertyRocks
Heros all that day.
And I thank God that He made such men.
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posted on
06/08/2008 10:26:42 PM PDT
by
snuffy smiff
(without the right to life.... all other rights are meaningless)
To: Mr. Dough
The other day I talked with a man who went ashore on D-day plus 1. Like Pyle he was stunned by the vastness of the debris and the scope of the enterprise. He had initially been assigned to training as a turret gunner on the B17 but after a fire on board during training, he refused to fly again. So they made him a machine gunner and assigned to the infantry. His unit married up with Patton's Third Army and he made it clear to the Elbe, shook hands with Russian troops.
In civilian life he had been a club singer and musician. He was 19 years old when he enlisted.
To: Mr. Dough
Thanks for this. I think Brave Men should be required reading in our high schools (I can dream, can’t I?)
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posted on
06/17/2008 6:58:48 PM PDT
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Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Mr. Dough
When I was in school, “Gallant Men” was a TV show - can you imagine such a thing now?
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posted on
06/18/2008 9:13:46 PM PDT
by
Redbob
("WWJBD" ="What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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