The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Gen. Anthony McAuliffe at Bastonge - Dec. 22nd, 2002

http://www.thedropzone.org/europe/Bulge/kinnard.html ^ | Patrick O'Donnell

[SAMWolf]

Clothes and a new bag for school

[SpookBrat]

ROFL!

"so we asked him what the German said when he'd given the guy his knife. Grandpa goes, "He said 'AAuuuuugh.'"

I'm reading the thread now. Your grandpa has both my husband and myself laughing here. LOL

[Soaring Feather]

;-)

bf

[SpookBrat]

SAM! How boring. What? No diamonds?

[SpookBrat]

Yuk! I don't blame him.

I'm glad he died happy and peacefully. What a blessing. I'm sure you must miss him very much.

[Darksheare]

That was his style of describing things. Now mind you, in actuality the German had come crawling up to his position saying, 'Joe, are you there? Joe?' before jumping into the hole with Grandpa. Grandpa thought about it before the guy got there and decided taht the German probably had backup, so he pulled his knife out. The guy jumped in, gramps grabbed him and gave him a gift.
Then he had to wait all night before finding out if he'd just knifed one of his own. Once there was enough light to see by, he saw this German guy who obviously didn't appreciate the gift.

[Darksheare]

Gramps wasn't really that much of a nice guy. Back in civilian life he helped a friend's bar who'd had their place robbed. He stayed overnight in the bar. (Toledo Ohio circa 50's) He watched a bunch of clowns come in, and fired his guns at them. There was some blood, but no bodies. They'd gotten back into their car and never came back to the bar.
(Grandpa was a kinda scary guy, but he always tried to make it funny. Again, in civilian life, he had the Toledo cops looking for him. So he went to the police station and waited. The cops never found him. So they gave up.)

[SpookBrat]

Thanks for this good information. 1st Lt Mary E. (Pickett)Smith should get a medal for raising 6 kids. :)

[Ronin]

Is there a JAG or former JAG in the FReeper foxhole. If so, could you please send me a FReepmail or contact me on yahoo messenger at shirokumaoyaji?

I am in the middle of an editorial-letter contest (Japan Times) regarding the U.S. Army Sargeant Jenkins who defected to North Korea and who married one of the kidnapped Japanese who has since returned to Japan. I need to fortify my opinions with some hard facts.

[SpookBrat]

He sounds like a real character.

My mother's father (we don't know much about) was similar. What we do know is he was extremely brave, courageous and was somewhat of a crazy warrior. He parachuted into France and killed many people, some even with his bare hands. Yuck! I don't like hearing about it. We only know a few stories.

Anyway, in civilian life, he was sadly a horrible alcoholic who cheated on my grandmother a lot. My mother was named Jacqueline after one of his French girlfriends. LOL How my grandmother could allow that, I'll never know. From what I know, he was a good man, just lacked some common sense marbles. He wasted his life away and died in a condemned house of Cirrhosis. I remember being a little girl and visiting him in a VA hospital.

My grandmother and mother cried and cried and cried when he died. I remember my grandmother saying, "I always loved him, I just couldn't live with him". :(

I often wonder how the “war demons” affected his life.

[SpookBrat]

Fascinating SAM. I would love to talk to your mother someday. You're aunt was a smart lady.

[SAMWolf]

She got that last year. LOL!

[SAMWolf]

I think you'd like my Mom.

[SAMWolf]

U.S. soldiers keep a minute of silence for a U.S. soldier who was killed on Dec. 20th in Afghanistan Saturday Dec. 21, 2002 at the U.S. base in Kandahar. One U.S. soldier was killed in a firefight Saturday while another was injured by rocket fire in a separate incident. The slain soldier was shot while on a nighttime operation in the eastern province of Paktika, near the border of Pakistan. An army statement from Fort Bragg, N.C. identified him as an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Sgt. Steven Checo, 22.. He was the first U.S. soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan since August.



Sgt. Steven Checo, 22
Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Misty, I know I haven't talked to you guys lately. I hope everything is going well.

I can't believe we are so close to Christmas. Time sure flies.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hope you're still in the Foxhole.

Of course I am. I've been busy lately, but it's gonna get better.

I HOPE SO! lol.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Spooky. Good to see you!!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the Christmas Music Victoria.

I miss Fiddletix' Christmas posts.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're quite welcome, Sam.

[Jen]

I would bet there is a JAG in the Foxhole, but I don't know one personally. Let me ask over our PA system.

Is there a JAG or former JAG in the FReeper foxhole?

If so, would you please freepmail Ronin who has some questions for you. Thank you.