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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Winter War (11/1939 - 3/1940) - Mar. 24th, 2005
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| Robert K. Maddock, Jr. M.D.
Posted on 03/23/2005 10:24:01 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: Valin
1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young) 
Launching of the first manned Gemini flight. The Gemini-Titan 3 lifted off pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. The Gemini 3 spacecraft "Molly Brown" carried astronauts Vrigil I. Grissom, command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, on three orbits of earth.
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03/24/2005 10:51:52 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: bentfeather
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03/24/2005 10:54:30 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: SAMWolf
Morning Snippy. Ready to talk to the reporter today?Didja say "sucked"?
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03/24/2005 10:55:04 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: snippy_about_it
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03/24/2005 10:57:52 AM PST
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Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: stand watie
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03/24/2005 11:20:52 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: bentfeather
Tell us more. (Sam did the work on this one.)
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03/24/2005 11:21:35 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Samwise
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03/24/2005 11:22:36 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Professional Engineer; SAMWolf
Didja say "sucked"? LOL. This time I did most of the talking.
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03/24/2005 11:24:01 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Professional Engineer
Nope, Snippy made sure I kept quiet this time.
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03/24/2005 11:24:49 AM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: society-by-contract
You're welcome, society-by-contract
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03/24/2005 11:25:21 AM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: bentfeather
I know some folks who fought in that war. Any stories to share?
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03/24/2005 11:26:04 AM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: SAMWolf
Good afternoon, Foxhole
Wow. Men at war on skis. The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know.
Here's to another excellent thread.
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03/24/2005 11:38:26 AM PST
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tomball
To: SAMWolf; Samwise
In the words of my father-in-law, Antti Olavi Pönkänen, who fought in this war: "Our lakes are full of dead Russians." The Finns were indeed overwhelmed by the huge numbers opposing them.
In the words of one observer/participant of that period:
So many Russians! Where will we bury them all....
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03/24/2005 11:41:16 AM PST
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archy
(The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
To: stand watie
one of the quotes from an official report by a General of the Red Army (i can't remember his name- Russian names are really HARD for me for some reason or other, which is why WAR & PEACE is NOT one of my favorite novels) Every time I get stuck on a Russian name when dealing with a MilHistory student on some point, I just refer to *General Kaopectate* and drive on.
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03/24/2005 11:44:27 AM PST
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archy
(The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
To: SAMWolf
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03/24/2005 12:46:20 PM PST
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Aeronaut
(I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things - Saint-Exupery)
To: archy
I just refer to *General Kaopectate* and drive on. LOL!
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03/24/2005 1:20:39 PM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: tomball
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03/24/2005 1:20:57 PM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: SAMWolf
I have heard only sparse bits and pieces from those in that war. Sorry not enough to share.
:-(
To: bentfeather
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03/24/2005 5:29:17 PM PST
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SAMWolf
(Liberal Rule #9 - Can't refute the message? Attack the messenger!)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Iris7
Evening Grace Folks~
Truly a very unpublicized and costly war. What a tough pill for the Finns to swallow in giving up 22,000 miles of land.
probably one of the greatest defensive tacticians since Robert E. Lee.
Brilliant analogy. Without adequate supplies the Finns still ran a brilliant campaign. It's interesting given the history of border disputes and conquest that Finland would allow 20 years of military neglect. Military minds like Mannerheim are often checkmated by politics. IMHO.
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03/24/2005 5:45:12 PM PST
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w_over_w
(I've NEVER had to mind my p's and q's. Of course b's and d's is another story.)
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