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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Armored Strike Into Baghdad (4/5-7/2003) - Jan. 26th, 2005
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| December 7, 2003
| David Zucchino
Posted on 01/25/2005 10:26:50 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: alfa6; snippy_about_it
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posted on
01/26/2005 8:24:28 AM PST
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SAMWolf
(It's a "Mr. Death". He's come about an expired birth certificate.)
To: snippy_about_it
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posted on
01/26/2005 8:35:35 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
To: alfa6
LOL. Then we would need someplace to store our hydraulics! We barely have room for the seed!
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01/26/2005 9:41:41 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Valin
1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol. 1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
You can say that again.
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posted on
01/26/2005 10:16:42 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(The number exactly halfway between +1 and -1 is not "OH".)
To: SAMWolf
I wouldn't have thought there was a big market for burning motors.ROFL I was thinking the same thing.
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01/26/2005 10:17:49 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(The number exactly halfway between +1 and -1 is not "OH".)
To: SAMWolf
That's certainly an uplifting picture this morning. :-)It certainly is!
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posted on
01/26/2005 10:18:28 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
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To: snippy_about_it
Howdy ma'am. The truck have a liftgate this time?
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posted on
01/26/2005 10:19:50 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(The number exactly halfway between +1 and -1 is not "OH".)
To: bentfeather
Hi miss Feather. I see my favorite bird again. ;-)
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01/26/2005 10:20:27 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
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To: Professional Engineer
Stay with the curves PE! LOL
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Great thread. The Thunder Run was a brilliant example of how aggressive armored advances can keep an enemy off balance and unable to execute a defensive plan. Patton would have been very, very pleased with Col. Perkins.
I highly recommend the book Thunder Run, which tells the story in more detail and is very readable.
To: bentfeather
Hey, I resemble that image. At least until my knee hit the ground.
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posted on
01/26/2005 2:29:22 PM PST
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Professional Engineer
(The number exactly halfway between +1 and -1 is not "OH".)
To: SAMWolf
Woah, now that is interesting. does it have power steering?
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posted on
01/26/2005 3:35:05 PM PST
by
msdrby
(Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen and defended by its citizens.)
To: msdrby
I'm jammin' to the 1812 Overture. Yeeeeee Haaaaa!
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posted on
01/26/2005 4:02:29 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(The number exactly halfway between +1 and -1 is not "OH".)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Evening Grace Snip & Sam~
Damn! This was an excellent read. I especially appreciate the contextual conclusion with references to Beford Forrest, Grant and Sherman. For this novice military history buff it really brings together how our modern day forces utilize historical tactics to our advantage.
McClellan and Hallack's overwhelming force model (a hybrid of of the European method of "massed attack") had earlier been thwarted in 1836 with Houston's rapid attack on the ill prepared Santa Ana at San Jacinto. These parallels are a blast to study and contemplate.
Twitty put the radio down and lowered his head. He had to make a decision. And whatever he decided, American soldiers were going to die. He knew it. They would die at one of the interchanges, where they would be overrun if they weren't resupplied. Or they would die in the convoy.
These moments, however can only be appreciated by those who were actually there . . . somehow I don't think Twitty learned this in any school. Great men come out of tough moments. We're the best!
I am also reminded that I still need to read Boyd, The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War.
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01/26/2005 5:05:28 PM PST
by
w_over_w
(Ignorance is not bliss, it is oblivion . . .)
To: Professional Engineer
Thankfully the truck had a lift gate! We also hired Sam's son and a friend to help heave ho the bags once they were inside. We still had to do some rearranging by ourselves but it was much easier than last time.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:31:26 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: stand watie
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01/26/2005 8:04:50 PM PST
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SAMWolf
(It's a "Mr. Death". He's come about an expired birth certificate.)
To: Professional Engineer
I was thinking the same thing. Great minds.....
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posted on
01/26/2005 8:05:36 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(It's a "Mr. Death". He's come about an expired birth certificate.)
To: Professional Engineer
Lift gate and pallet jack!! The problem now is the cash wrap looks like a bunker with seed bags stacked about 4 ft high 6 deep . At least we're bullet proof. :-)
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posted on
01/26/2005 8:06:54 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(It's a "Mr. Death". He's come about an expired birth certificate.)
To: colorado tanker
Evening CT.
Thunder Run is on my "to read" list.
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01/26/2005 8:08:48 PM PST
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SAMWolf
(It's a "Mr. Death". He's come about an expired birth certificate.)
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