The FReeper Foxhole Remembers S/Sgt. Lafayette Pool, The Tanker Legend - Jul 28th, 2004

Journal of Military Ordnance ^ | March 1998 | Dean and Nan Kleffman

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Treadhead Tuesday on Wednesday Foxhole Bump

LOL. It's a TreadHead Tuesday Warrior on Warrior Wednesday. I'm so confused!

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Good morning Mayor.

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Thanks PE. Good morning.

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Good morning CJ.

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Is it true that in Heaven, dining room tables have on-ramps?

LOL. That would be dog heaven!

[Valin]

By the time the Siegfried Line had been reached, the young "Texas Tanker" had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit and the French Croix de Guerre with gold star. He was also twice nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor. By the time Pool was wounded in action near the German border, he and his crew had accounted for the destruction of 258 enemy armored vehicles, taking 250 enemy prisoners and killing over 1,000 German soldiers...quite a record for a single tank crew!

one word...AMAZING!!

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I enjoy out-scrounging the scrounger. ;-)

[Valin]

IMHO, the 14th needs a little fine tuning.


Good luck

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Good morning tomball. Great graphic.

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LOL. It should!

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Good morning feather.

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LOL. Damn your good!

[SAMWolf]

I've taught you well, grasshopper. :-)

[SAMWolf]

That's the word that comes to mind, especially when you consider he did this all in a Sherman.

[SAMWolf]

Yeah, I ain't holding my breath, :-(

[Valin]

There are no dangerous weapons...only dangerous men.

[Valin]

I get...concerned about messing with the constitution.

[alfa6]

Yea but Nimitz was in the other theater of operations. Say did you ever hear of the Texas Party in Hawaii?

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[U S Army EOD]

You can still get the movie, "The Tanks Are Coming". I saw it for the first time in 1952 when I was in Germany at the age of 6. My father was XO of the 15th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division during WWII. He always thought it was a good movie that did an accurate portrayal of the tankers in WWII.

[SAMWolf]

I'd just like to see it changed to make sure the parents are LEGAL residents of the States before granting citizenship to anyone born here.