The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Sergeant Charles MacGillivary -Jan.16th, 2005

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Good morning radu.

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Good morning Aeronaut.

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Well said Iris. In my notes for the thread I had this but didn't post it because I couldn't remember where I got it but it goes directly to what you say here.

"Sgt MacGillivary alone dispatched four Waffen SS squads armed with the fearsome MG42. The MG42 is widely regarded is the best machine gun ever with a fire rate of over 1,400 rounds per second."

Thanks for the Clausewitz quote, a good one.

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Good morning EGC.

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Good morning feather. We are about to head out for another day at the trade show then we will pack up tonight and fly home tomorrow.

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Good morning Valin.

[SAMWolf]

Morning alfa6.

[SAMWolf]

Hi Radu!

[SAMWolf]

Morning Aeronaut.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Iris7.

All it takes sometimes is one man who can keep a calm head in a bad situation to turn it aound. Thankfully America produces quite a few of them.

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C.

Nice sunny morning here in Atlanta.

Off to the Trade show again this morning.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Feather.

[E.G.C.]

Morning folks.

We dropped into the teens last night. Got a dentist appointment tommorow. Also, the bathtub is stopped up so gonna have to call a plumber.

OSU 83 Iowas State 73.Eddie Sutton surppasses his mentor Moe Iba for career wins as coach.

How's it going, Sam?

[SAMWolf]

1863 Cruise of CSS Florida

CSS Florida, a steam screw cruiser of about 700 tons, was built in England in 1862 under the name Oreto. Secretly purchased by the Confederate States Navy, she sailed in March 1862 for the Bahamas in the guise of a merchant ship. After her arrival, she was fitted as a naval vessel and commissioned in August 1862, commanded by First Lieutenant John Newland Maffitt. With her crew largely disabled by yellow fever, Florida went to Cuba and, on 4 September 1862, ran the Federal blockade into Mobile, Alabama. After completing her outfitting, Maffitt took his ship back out through the blockade on 16 January 1863.

Operating in the Atlantic and West Indies over the next eight months, Florida captured twenty-two prizes, striking terror in the United States' merchant marine and frustrating the U.S. Navy's efforts to catch her. In August 1863, she went to Brest, France, remaining there until the following February, when she again got to sea past watching Federal forces. Under the command of First Lieutenant Charles M. Morris, Florida took another eleven prizes between then and October 1864, when she arrived at Bahia, Brazil.

While anchored in that port on 7 October, Florida was attacked, captured and towed to sea by USS Wachusett, in violation of Brazilian neutrality. After being taken to the U.S., her return to Brazil was ordered by the courts. However, before this could be done, on 28 November 1864 Florida was accidently sunk off Newport News, Virginia.

[Valin]

So far...but as always I remain....vigilant.
You never know when they will strike.

[Aeronaut]

Hi Sam.

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GA, snippy!

free dixie,sw

[Professional Engineer]

Good brunch-time ladies. Flag-o-Gram.

[Samwise]

That's a scary flag waver.

[Professional Engineer]

Hiya Sam