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To: SCDogPapa; SAMWolf; ALOHA RONNIE
I guess it's a lot different when a General can set back MILES away from the fighting and say, "Go get em' boys!",,,instead of a General on or at least near the line saying, "Follow me boys!!"

From the movie, Gen. Hal Moore said I'll be the first one to set foot on the battlefield and the last one off and I promise you I won't leave any one of you behind.

What a battle, what an outfit, what a general.

And, what a film and what an actor.

Contrast to Weasel Clark insisting General Sir Jackson fire upon the Russians.

Negative, Prince, I won't start WWIII for you.

137 posted on 11/06/2003 9:36:09 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: SCDogPapa; SAMWolf; ALOHA RONNIE
I promoted Lt. Col. Hal Moore to Gen. for the battle--a poetic license inadvertant, inaccurate, and I am dropping for twenty.
138 posted on 11/06/2003 9:39:32 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo
Good Evening Phil Dragoo.

I'm in the middle of reading "We Were Soldiers..." Excellent bok.
141 posted on 11/06/2003 10:37:12 PM PST by SAMWolf (A foot is a device for finding furniture in the dark.)
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