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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Pathfinders at Bastogne (12/1944) - Dec. 22nd, 2004
World War II Magazine
| September 2003
| Richard E. Killblane
Posted on 12/21/2004 10:38:14 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Morning.
Survived FOUR combat jumps?
That uses alotta luck there.. or gives angels grey hair.
Pick one.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:06:50 AM PST
by
Darksheare
("His heart went dead underneath her gaze" - The Book of Foreshadowed Sorrows.)
To: snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Samwise; msdrby
Good morning ladies. Flag-o-Gram.
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Iris7
Morning Glory Snip & Sam~
What a story! The writer really puts you in the heart of the operation. And now I know where "Hollywierd" got it's idea for the Dirty Dozen (quite a stretch!).
"I don't need good luck," McNiece replied to the colonel, "I need a miracle!"
Amen!
What a moment it must have been to have members of the 506th PIR meet with members of the 101st Airborne 60 year later at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. Stories like these are so inspirational.
BTW, last Sunday I took my family out to dinner and as we were walking into the resturant out came a uniformed member of the 101st (beret, pants tucked into his military boots, etc.) I told him, "thanks for your service to our country". He was a little taken but said, "you're welcome". If this kid was a day over 18yrs. old then I'm 29. So young!
Anyway, great work guys!
PS
Iris,
Thanks for your response from last night on the Christie system. Excellent research. I really got my question answered . . . "big time". All the technology and fire power that goes into these tanks is for not if you don't have the wheels! ;^)
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:35:35 AM PST
by
w_over_w
(They had flown in weather so bad that, according to one pilot, "even the birds were walking.")
To: snippy_about_it
Morning Snippy. Ready to unload and put up fixtures. :-)
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:45:03 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: radu
Good Morning Radu.
What are you getting your cats for Christmas?
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:46:09 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: Aeronaut
Morning Aeronaut.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:47:13 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: Neil E. Wright
I don't know the number of times over the last two years I've teared up working on a thread or reading comments and FReep-mails. Gets real emotional sometimes.
You're welcome in our cooler anytime Neil.
Good work on the Tribute.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:50:05 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: GailA
Morning GailA.
Your prepared for snow in Memphis?
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:51:04 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: E.G.C.
Morning E.G.C.
Cloudy today, looks like more rain.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:51:42 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: snippy_about_it
Good Morning...Snippy. ;o)
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:51:42 AM PST
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: The Mayor
One of my favorite areas of Word study.
The James Moffatt translation of Proverbs 12:13,14
"By sins of the lips bad men get into trouble; good men get out of trouble. A man reaps the results of all his words . . ."
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:51:51 AM PST
by
w_over_w
(They had flown in weather so bad that, according to one pilot, "even the birds were walking.")
To: alfa6
Morning alfa6.
Thanks for some really good cartoons today.
Never got called up for "Santa Duty", but we would have been ready. ;-)
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:54:31 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: The Mayor
Morning Mayor
Words can't break bones, but they can break hearts
There are times when those injuries are worse than broken bones.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:55:51 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: RaceBannon
Thanks for the update and heads up, RaceBannon.
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:57:01 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: aomagrat
Morning aomagrat.
I had a model of the USS Boise. Linbergh Line kit I think.
Great night shot!
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posted on
12/22/2004 7:58:28 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: mark502inf
You're welcome, mark502inf. Thanks for your visits to the Foxhole.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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posted on
12/22/2004 8:00:09 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: gridlock
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posted on
12/22/2004 8:00:30 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: bentfeather
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posted on
12/22/2004 8:02:36 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
To: SAMWolf
Thinking about Jake McNiece and his boys. Looks like Jake was a fine and natural leader. Just think what he could have done with his own Regiment, with his old crew and a few others of his kind as officers. Coming to grips with that outfit would have been like grabbing the wrong end of a chain saw.
Odd that Ridgway would have picked Gavin and Maxwell Taylor for Division commanders. Taylor was always at higher headquarters when the going got tough. Gavin was always where the situation was worst.
Can you imagine that Taylor did not jump into Bastogne as fast as he could get over there. Despicable.
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posted on
12/22/2004 8:05:13 AM PST
by
Iris7
(.....to protect the Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Same bunch, anyway.)
To: Valin
1922 Barbara Billingsley (actress: Leave It to Beaver)
Randy: Can I get you something?
Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE!
Jackin' me up... tight me!
Randy: I'm sorry, I don't understand.
First Jive Dude: Cutty say 'e can't HANG!
Jive Lady: Oh stewardess! I speak jive.
Randy: Oh, good.
Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Randy: All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine?
Jive Lady: Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side.
Second Jive Dude: What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap!
Jive Lady: Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!
First Jive Dude: Say 'e can't hang, say seven up!
Jive Lady: Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph!
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posted on
12/22/2004 8:11:38 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed.)
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